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THE  FirST  SETTLEKS  OP  THE  NAME  IN   MASSACHUSETTS 

AND   LON(}  ISLAND. 


AND 


THOSK    WHO    HAVK    MOltE    KEOENTLY    SETTLED    IN    OTHER     I'AJtTS    OF 
THE    UNITED    STATES    AND    BKITI8H    AMERICA. 


HAltTFOHD  ; 
P«ES8  OF  The  Case,  Lockvvood  &  Bkainard  Company. 

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OOLLECTKD   AND  COMl'IhKI)   BY 


GEORGE  A.  .IARV18,  ok  New   York; 

GEORGE  MURRAY  JAR  VIS,  of  Ottawa,  Canada; 

WILLIAM  JARVIS  WETMORK,  of  New   York; 

ASHISTED   nV 

ALFRED  HARDING,  of   Brooklyn,   N.  Y. 


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Auoi  T  livo  y<'Hrs  liavo  now  olapsod  since!  vvd  (ivHt  coTiceived  the 
project  of  tj'tu'ing  the  genealogy  of  the  Jarvis  Family  in  this 
country.  Letters  were  writtt^n  to  prominent  men  of  the  name  in 
different  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Mritisii  America,  from 
many  of  wiiom  favorable  responses  were  received.  Stn'eral  in 
Ciiniida,  Nova  Scotia,  and  Ncnv  IJruiiswick  wen!  highly  intere.sted, 
olfering  their  valuable  collections  to  aid  tin;  ent«'rprise.  Many, 
also,  in  the  United  States  were  equally  interested,  and  oflFered  their 
collections  .irid  any  aid  within  their  power.  Tlie  addresses  of 
different  ni<>mbers  of  families  w(M'e  sought  out  and  solicited,  and 
hundreds  of  letter;  written  for  any  records,  sk(>tclu!s,  steel  and 
lithograph  engravings,  or  any  items  of  history  connected  with  the 
name,  worthy  of  being  transmitted  to  posterity.  Many  responded 
promptly;  some,  ))y  indifference,  delayed  the  work;  while  others 
neglected  altogether  to  notice  our  applications.  From  these  causes 
then!  will  be  found  some*  fragmentary  and  skeleton  records,  which 
nuLst  cause  n'gret  to  those  whust;  remissness  has  made  it  impossible 
for  tlie  C'ompilers  to  give  more  perfect  accoiuit  of  their  families. 

We  have  adopted  a  tabular  form  of  exhibiting  the  records, 
believing  that  it  will  l)e  more  (>asily  understood  than  the  plan 
usually  followed  in  works  of  the  kind.  We  have,  also,  aimed  to 
present,  not  only  the  dates  of  births,  but  also,  wlum  they  could  be 
procured,  the  marriages  and  deaths,  something  which  is  often 
neglected  in  gtniealogies.  Many  of  our  friends  who  have  favored 
us  with  sketches,  have  granted  us  the  privilege  of  revising  them. 
We  have  assumed  this  prerogatives  in  regard  to  all,  but  hav(> 
endeavored  not  to  change  the  nu>aning,  or  leav<>  out  any  import- 
ant item.     For  this  act  we  ask  the  indulgence  of  our  friends. 

In  a  work  like  this,  receiving  records  from  various  sources, 
many  of  them  written  in  an  obscure  hand,  th(>  chirography  not 
[)lain,  and  sometimes  almost  illegible,  and  figures  and  dates  being 
very  numerous,  it  would  not  be  strange  if,  with  all  our  vigilance, 


1?     . 


IV 


J'HKFACK. 


HoiiU!  errors  cn^pt.  in.     It.  wuiiM  wioiii  almost  a  iniiiiclc  it'  tlit'V  tlitl 
not. 

'IMic  (niforoiit  s[)»>llings,  too,  of  some  ruiiiu^s  has  given  us  nmcli 
trouble,  Imt  we  liav(^  taken  tlie  utmost  care  tt)  get  the  proper  sp«!ll- 
ing,  and  make  tlic  work  in  tliat  n^sptutt  as  tiorrect  as  possil)le. 

In  tlie  Appcndi.x  will  Ik-  found  many  int<M-esting  liistorical  and 
other  documents  in  eoinuiction  with  the  name,  and  espirially  in 
relation  to  those  members  of  the  Kamily  who  MvcmI  during  the 
jioriod  of  the  Revolution.  TIk;  lists  of  births,  marriages,  and 
deatlis,  it  has  been  deemed  important  to  preserve  as  aids  to  those 
families  wliose  ro(^ords  an;  imperfect,  and  as  h(*lj)s  to  subsequent 
researches. 

All  genealogies  that  we  have  mot  with  liave  been  more  or  less 
fragmentary  in  their  beginning.  Ours  is  peculiarly  so.  We  have 
found  many  important  branches,  but  have  been  unable  to  trace 
them  to  one  root,  lumce  we  liave  biunt  obliged  to  take  the  evidences 
of  the  desc(>ndants  of  each  branch  for  the  oi'igin  of  their  forefathers, 
and  leave  it  to  some  more  successful  aspirant  to  (inish  what  we 
have  been  unable  to  accomplish. 

Our  book  commences  with  a  chart  entitled  the  "Genealogy  of 
Gothic  Nations,"  taken  from  a  work  called  "The  Norman  Peo- 
ple ;  "  not  that  we  claim  that  the  Jarvis  Family  dates  back  to  the 
period  from  which  this  (ihart  traces  the  origin  of  tlies(>  luitions, 
but  insert  it  as  a  document  which  may  be  of  interest  and  informa- 
tion to  onr  readers. 

At  the  end  of  our  volume  will  be  found  a  Family  Register  for 
the  records  of  births,  nuirriages,  deaths,  or  any  facts  or  incidents 
that  may  be  worthy  of  note.  This,  if  made  wav.  of,  will  bo  a 
convenience  to  every  family,  and  a  great  desideratum  in  case  another 
genealogy  should  be  determined  on  hereafter. 

In  collecting  the  materials  for  this  genealogy  'rom  so  wide  a 
field  of  inquiry,  much  labor  and  expense  has  been  incurred,  and, 
as  we  have  already  said,  some  errors  will  undoubtedly  be  found, 
for  which  the  indulgent  (tonsi deration  of  those  for  whom  it  has 
been  prepared  is  respectfully  solicited. 

In  conclusion,  the  hearty  thanks  of  the  Authors  are  most  grate- 
fully given  to  the  many  friends  and  relatives  who  have  tendered 
their  valuable  contributions  and  services  in  aid  of  this  enterprise, 
without  which  its  progress  would  have  been  greatly  retarded,  if 
not  wholly  abandoned.  Among  the  many,  permit  us  to  name  the 
following:   Dr.  Edward  Jarvis,  Dorchester,  Mass.;  the  late  Hon. 


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PHKKAOE.  V 

Kent  .liirviH,  MasKillori,  Oiiio;  ("upl,.  V.C.  JurviH,  HiiiiMiiKtoii,  L.  f.; 
Mr.  CharloH  F.  Oshorn,  Norwalk,  Conn.;  Mrs.  Mary  1'.  S.  Outts, 
Hrattleboro,  Vt.;  Hon.  .loliii  |{.  .lorvw,  [{onxi,  N.  Y.;  Dr.  Milton 
li  .JarviH,  (^mastota,  N.  V.;  Mr.  John  FT<wl  .larvis,  Hanj^'or,  Me.; 
li((V.  Ilorlxn-f.  M.  .larviw.  Nova  Scot.ia. 

Nkw  Youk,  .laniinry  i;{,  1879. 


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OONTEISMV. 


I'UKKACIO,      .  .  •  •  

(lENEAIAXJY   OF  GOTHIC  NATIONS 

INTKODUtTlON, 

J'ARIIAMKNTAHY    VVIMTH. 

EXTKACTS   KKOM    liHUKK'S   I.ANDKD  OKNTUY.    ... 
DKSCKNDANTB  OF  STBIMIKN   JAUVIH  OF   IIUNTINOTON,   L     1.. 
\VII,I,IAM    -lAUVIS  " 

THOMAS  J ARMS 
.JONATHAN  .IAKVI8 
NATHANIKI-  .IAHVI8 
..  MOSKS  JAUVIS 

NATHANIKI,  .lAKVIS  uF   UOSTON,    MASS..     . 
JOHN  .TAUVIS  "  "  •  • 

FBAOMKNTAKY    KKOOUDS 

APPENDIX: 

A.    TOWN   OUDKU 

H.     I,A\V   SUITS,    ASSAULT    AND    HATTKUV.   ANO    THl-;    WED    KAK 

KISSING,  .  •  •  • 

C.  NAMKSAND  INCIDENTS,  FUUNISHED  W  DK.  KDW  AHI)  JAUVIS 

OF   MASSAClirsKTTS, 

D.  EXTKACTS  FROM  THE    RKCORDS    OP   THE    TOWN    OF    HUN- 

TINGTON, T,.   I 

K  TAX  LIST  l-'ROM  STATK  D«»CUMKNTS,  UUNTINlil'ON,  I-.  I..  \m. 
V  CONTRACT  BETWKEN  .lOSKPIl  WOOD  AND  WIUUIAM  JAUVIS, 
G.    LIST    OP    lURl'HS    Alijl)     MARRIA(;KS,    FURNISHED     HV     DR. 

EDWARD  JARVIS  OF   MASSACHUSI-.TTS 

H      DEED   OF  .lOSKl'll    WOOD   TO  WM.LIAM  .lARVIS.    . 

1.     LIST  OF  MARUIAGKS  AND  HAl'TISMS.  1>RKSHVTERL\N  CHURCH, 

HUNTINGTON,  L.  I 

J.    LISTS   OF  MKMHERS  OF    I'RESBYTERIAN   CHUliCII,   HUNM'INCi 

TON,  L.  I., 

K.    CONTRACT  OF  SAMUEL  STRATTON    AND    WILLIAM    JARVIS, 

L.    EXTRACT  FROM  LETTER  OF    REV.    DR.  REARDSLEY,     . 

M     FROM   "NEW   YORK  ROOK   OF   MARRIAGES," 

N.    EXTRACTS   FROM  "OLD    TIMES  IN    HUNTINGTON,"  BY   HON. 

HENRY  C.   PLATT, 

O.    LIST  OF  PERSONS  WHO  TOOK  THE  OATH   OF  LOYALTY  AND 

PEACEABLE   BEHAVIOR 


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COAT  OF  AKMS  (Modbhn), 
COAT  OF  AKMS  (Ancient),      . 
POKTUAIT  RT.  REV.   ABLAIIAM   JARVIS 

IIEZEKIAH   .)  \UV1S, 
"JAKVIS   HOUSE,"   NOKWALK,  cr., 
HYMN    AND    MUSIC    BY    JOHN    JAKVIS    AM)    DK.   W ILMAM   .lAKVlS 

WETMt)RE,        .... 
PORTRAIT  REV.  SAMUEL  F.  JARVIS,   S.T.D.,  LL.D., 

NOAH  JARVIS, 

REV.  WM.  JARVIS, 

GEO.  A.  JARVIS, 

COL.  SAMUE)i  COLT,       . 

GEO.  C.  JARVIS,  M.D.,  . 

THOS.  NEWTON  JARVIS, 

MILTON  B.  JARVIS,   M.D., 
"  NELSON  J.   WATERBUKY, 

HON.  KENT  JARVIS,      . 

HON.   JOHN  B.  JERVIS,   LL.D., 

HON.  WILLIAM  JARVIS  (Consul), 
•'  RESIDENCE  OF  SAMUEL  G.  JARVIS,   M.D.,"   CLAREMONT,   N.   II 
"JAKVIS   HOUSE"   (CoL.   RUSSELL   JARVIS),  CLAKEMONT,   N.   H., 
RECEPTION  OF  THE  AMERICAN  LOYALISTS  IN  ENGLAND,  APPENDIX  T 


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INTRODUCTION. 


"J(!rvis,  Jcrvics,  .TcrvoyH,  Jcryoise,  Jarvcis,  Gervuis*!,  Gervnys,  (Jcrvt'is, 
Garv(!ys,  (}arvi(!S,  Jarvis,  Jcrvics,  Jarvic,  Jarvicc,  Gcrvtisc,  Gcrvais,  Gcr 
vasiiis,  Gcrvys,  arc  supposed  to  be  oueaiul  llic  same  name." — Patroiiyiiiifa 
BritannieM. 

Until  witliiii  II  bi'ief  poiiod,  the  people  of  this  country  have 
manifested  but  little  interest  in  their  genealogies.  This  has,  in  a 
great  nieasui'e,  resulted  from  tlu^  character  of  our  institutions, 
under  which  every  citizen  is  mainly  the  architect  of  his  own  for- 
tune, and  is  too  much  occupied  with  his  own  pursuits  to  devote 
much  time  to  the  character  and  history  of  his  ancestors. 

Having  no  law  of  primogeniture  or  hereditary  titles  of  honor, 
the  children  in  this  country,  of  the  same  family,  all  start  iii  the 
race  of  life  upon  the  same  plane,  and  are  severally  intent  upon 
the  acquisition  of  wealth  and  influence,  social  and  political,  for 
themselves  and  their  families. 

Of  late,  however,  more  attention  has  been  paid  to  this  subject, 
and  as  the  country  increases  in  population,  wealth,  and  refinement, 
a  still  deeper  interest  will  be  manifested  in  genealogical  reseai'ches, 
as  there  are  few  families  amoHg  us  who  do  not  number  within 
their  circles  some  members,  who,  by  their  unaided  efforts,  have 
attained  honorable  distinction  in  private  or  public  life. 

Such  examples  have  a  silent  but  potent  influence  in  the  forma- 
tion of  character.  Even  the  delineation  of  th'^  foibles,  as  well  as 
of  the  virtues  of  our  immediate  ancestors,  may  be  turned  to  good 
account,  by  exciting  an  emulation  of  their  good  qualities  and  a 
desire  to  avoid  the  dangers  which  proved  disastrous  to  them. 

Besides  the  gratification  wiiich  every  intelligent  man  has  in  a 
knowledge  of  his  ancestry,  this  subject  assumes  a  growing  import- 
ance to  those  who  are  to  come  after  us,  as  furnishing  reliable 
materials  for  the  future  historian. 

Though  our  country  is  still  in  its  infancy,  the  descendants  of  tlie 
founders  of  our  government,  who  were  mainly  of  English  origin, 
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INTKOnUCTION. 


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and  who  have  but  just  passed  from  the  first  stage  of  their  iioble 
achievements,  find  it  extremely  difficult,  in  many  cases,  to  trace 
with  certainty  their  doscent  from  those;  who  first  emigrated  from 
Great  liritain  to  the  Colonies.  Those  difficulties  are  due,  in  a 
great  measure,  to  the  upheaval  of  society,  to  llie  disruption  of 
families,  whose  members  took  different  sides  in  the  fierce  struggles 
of  the  Revolution,  and  to  the  destruction  of  public  records  which 
occurred  during  that  eventful  period. 

Within  the  last  half  century,  the  general  spirit  of  enterprise  of 
the  people  of  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States,  and  their  disjjosition 
to  better  their  condition  by  emigi'ating  to  the  great  West,  have 
had  the  effect,  for  the  time  being,  to  sunder  family  ties,  and,  by 
forming  new  relationships,  to  weaken  and,  in  a  measure,  obliterate 
their  early  associations  of  home. 

These  causes,  while  they  increase  the  difficulties  of  obtaining 
proper  materials  necessary  for  the  conipilatiou  of  full  and  correct 
genealogies,  make  it  more  important  to  collect  and  preserve  such 
as  remain  from  further  obliteration,  and,  perhaps,  entire  loss. 

These  general  remarks  apply  with  peculiar  force  to  the  widely 
extended  and  influential  Jarvis  families  and  their  descendants, 
who  are  found  in  almost  every  State  of  the  Union,  and,  by  the 
unfortunate  division  of  the  family  during  the  Revolution,  in  the 
British  Provinces  of  North  America.  In  every  branch  of  these 
families  are  found  men  of  talent  and  exalted  worth. 

That  a  full  and  comprehensive  genealogy  has  not  already  been 
prepared  is  much  to  be  regretted,  and  it  is  hoped  the  present 
attempt,  if  it  have  no  other  effect,  will  induce  others  to  carry  for- 
ward this  object  to  a  successful  completion. 

It  is  generally  conceded  that  the  Jarvis  families  of  the  United 
States  and  of  British  America  are  of  English  extraction,  though 
originally  from  Normandy,  whence  they  emigrated  into  England. 

The  name  of  Jakvis,  according  to  the  "  Dictionaire  de  la  Noblesse 
de  France,"  par  De  la  Cherraye,  Desbois  et  Badier,  Troisieme 
Edition,  is  French,  the  original  name  being  GERVAIS.  Their 
seat  was  at  Bretagne,  and  the  first  name  found  is  Jean  Gervais, 
who  lived  about  the  year  1400.  In  a  work  entitled  "The  Norman 
People,  and  their  existing  Descendants  in  the  British  Dominions 
and  the  United  States  of  America,"  appears  the  name  Richard 
Gervasius  of  Normandy,  who  lived  as  early  as  the  year  1180. 
The  arms  of  the  Gervais  family  of  Bretagne  was  a  shield  "D'  or,  a 
une  pomme  de  pin,  placee  au  canton  dextre  du  chef;  et  un  chouette 


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placoA  au  canton  senestre  accompagneo  en  pointe  d'un  crapaud,  le 
tout  de  sable." 

Wo  have  had  an  engraving  made  of  this  old  coat  of  arms,  the 
most  ancient  we  have  found  to  have  been  used  by  the  Jarvis 
family,  and  present  it  tt)  our  renders  as  of  interest  on  that  account. 
We  have,  also,  had  an  engraving  made  of  one  of  the  coats  of  arms 
used  by  the  Jai'vises  in  this  country,  and  publish  it  as  the  frontis- 
piece to  this  work.  The  motto,  "Adveksih  Major,  Par  Secunpis" 
(Strong  in  I'rosperity,  Stronger  in  Adversity),  has  been  nobly 
liv(!d  up  to  by  many  of  those  whose  records  are  contained  in  the 
follov/ing  pages. 

The  clianges  of  the  name  from  Gekvasius  to  Gervais,  Jervis, 
Jarvio,  and  so  on  to  Jarvis,  have  by  no  means  clouded  or  in  any 
way  obscured  the  original  patronymic.  The  name  is  strikingly 
the  same  through  all  its  variations,  as  well  as  the  features  and  the 
peculiar  characteristics  of  the  people.  Through  the  long  lapse  of 
years,  indeed  centuries,  amid  confusion  and  strife,  political  wran- 
gling, oppressive  wars,  and  unholy  crusades,  their  escutcheon  has 
never  been  tarnished. 

By  the  kindness  of  a  member  of  the  family  who  has  taken  an 
active  interest  in  this  woi'k,  we  are  enabled  to  publish  the  follow- 
ing summary  of  Parliamentary  Writs,  and  some  extracts  from 
'•  Burke's  Ijanded  Gentry,"  in  which  the  name  of  Jarvis,  in  some 
of  its  various  spellings,  occurs.  This  will  serve  to  show  the  hon- 
orable records  that  some  of  the  Jarvises  have  made,  and,  also,  the 
antiquity  of  the  family  in  England,  since  most  of  these  writs  are 
dated  in  the  early  part  of  the  14th  century. 


I 


A.D. 
1315. 


1318. 

1319. 
1820. 


Parliamentary  Writs,  etc.,  Vol.  II,  Part  3. 

Gervam,  John  (Johauups  Gcrvays),  Manucaptor  of  Thomas  Croiil, 

Burgess,  returned  for  Portsniouth. — 8  Edward  II. 
Oervam,  John  (J(jh!iuues  Gereves,  Gerves,  Oervc3's). 

Qereves,  Johauues,  Burgess,  returned  for  He'ston-Parlianient 
at  York,  in  tln-ce  weeks  of  St.  Michael,  30th  October.— 12 
Edward  II. 
Germs,  Johannes,  Burgess,  returned  for  Helston-Parliaineiit  at 

York,  in  one  month  from  Easier,  6th  May.— 12  Edward  II. 
Oerveys,  Johauncs,  Burgess,  returned  for  Ilelston-Parlianient  at 
Westminster,  in  eight  days  of  St.  Michael,  Gth  Ocitober. — 14 
Edward  II. 


INTRODIK'TION. 


AD. 

1333. 


1310. 


1311). 
1330. 
1320. 


1319. 
1330. 


1311. 


1315. 


Genm,  .TohanticH,  Riiri^cMH,  returned  for  llclston  Piirliainent  at 

York,  ill  tlii(M'  weeks  of  Knsler,  3(1  .May, — 15  KdwartI  II. 
Otn'PtiH,  Joiiamies,  Maiuieaptor  of  Joliamio.s  dn  'I'leluu,  Hurjje.ts, 
returned  for  Ilelslon. — 17  Kdward  II. 

Oerntim',  Peter  (PetruH  (tcrveis,  (Jerveyse). 

Oeroei/m,  Potrii.H,  Citizen,  returned  for  Worcester,  olilain.s  liis 
writ  de  cxpeiisin  for  iittendunco  at  Parliiinicnt  at  Lineoln.  in 
fifteen  dayw  of  St.  Hilary,  3Tlli  January,  unlil  Friday  iie.vt 
after  tlie  feast  (^f  St.  Valentine,  3()tli  l^Vbruary;  tested  at  Lin- 
coln, 30(li  Feliniary.— ()  Kdward  II. 
GerreiK.  Petnis,  Maiiiieai)tor  of  .Joliannes  liaeon,  (Mlizen,  re- 
turned for  Worcester.— 13  Edward  II. 

Germke,  Itkhurd  (Rieardus  (1crv(!S,  (tcrvttys). 

Genu's,  Hicardiis,   Munueaptor  of  Johannes  Gcrves,  Unrge.sH, 

returned  for  llelston. — 13  Edward  II. 
Gerrei/s,  Uieardu.s,  Maimeiii)lor  of  Joliannos  Gerveys,  Hurgess, 
returned  for  Ilelslon. — 14  Edward  II. 

Gerrdine,  liobert  (Uolierlus  (Jerveys),  of  the  Townsliip  of  Franiliiiir- 
liani,  attend  the  .array  and  muster  of  (he  100  of  looxe  in  the 
County  of  Siitt'olk  on  Thursday  next  after  the  feast  of  St. 
George,  34tli  April.— 10  Edward  II. 

Gervaise,  Hirhurd  {\i\v\vM-i\  (Jervays),  oik-  of  the  inquest  impanelled 
for  the  County  of  Bucks  in  execution  of  the  commission  of 
array;  tested  at  York,  31st  Oeloher. — 10  Edward  II. 

Germue,  ifoier^  (Uobortiis  (lerves,  Gorvey.s). 

Gevve»,  Robiirtns,  Maimcaptor  of  Johannes  Gcrvoa,  Burgess, 
returned  for  llelston.— 13  Edward  II. 

Gerrei/s,  Hoberlus,  iMaiiucaptor  of  Joliaiines  Gerveys,  Hurgess,  re- 
turiuid  for  llelston. — 14  Edwiird  II. 

Gervdlxc,  Roijer  (Rogerus  Gervcy.'^),  Hurgess,  returned  for  Ilertl'ord- 
Parliament  at  Westminster,  in  eight  days  of  St.  iMichael,  Otli 
October.— 14  Edward  II. 

Gcrimse  Thomas  (Th()nia.s  Gorvcis,  Gerveys). 

Gerreis,  Thomas,  ("iti/en,  returned  for  Exeter,  obtains  his  writ 
de  expeiisis  for  attendance  at  the  Parliament  al  Westminster. 
from  the  moiiow  of  St.  Martin,  13th  November,  to  Saturday 
next  after  tiie  feast  of  St.  Lucia  the  Virgin,  18th  December; 
tested  at  Westminster,  IHth  December.— 5  Edward  II. 
Gerveys,  Thomas,  Citizen,  returned  for  Exeter-Parliament  al 
Westminster,  on  Sunday  next  after  the  feast  of  St.  Matthew 
the  Apostle,  33d  September. — 7  Edward  II. 

Gerciiis,  Thomas  (Thomas  Gervcsj's),  Manuciiptor  of  Thomas  de 
Burgh,  Knight  of  \\w  Shire,  returned  for  Cambridge. — 5 
Edward  II. 

Gereaise,  William  (Willielnuis  Gervays),  Burgess,  returned  for  Hert- 
ford-Parliament at  Westminster,  in  eight  days  of  St.  Hilary, 
30th  Junuarv. — 8  Edward  11. 


INT»()|)II(!TI()N,  0 

A.I). 

iaa5.  OermiHf,  William  (Williclnuis  QcrvoyH),  Miinii(:ii|>t()r  of  Simon  do 
Diiiytonc,  Kiiijjlil  of  tlic  Sliirc.  rcliimcd  for  Nor(liiiiii|iloii. 
—  li>  Kdwanl  II. 


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Paiim.vmknt.miy  Wkith.  V<»i..  I,  Kdw.xkd  I. 

OcrvaHiiiH,  Arcliidiacomis  t'yfi'str. 

GcrviLsius,  tilliis  Onvy. 

Ocrviius,  Alil)!is  (Ic. 

Gcrvcys.  .loliiiiincs. 

(Jcrvi'ys,  Tlion\tis. 

Gcrvcy.s,  Williclnuis. 

GcrvyH,  'riioitiiis. 

Huukk'w  L.vnoro  Gentuy. 

JarriH—Vxvin-'^i'  KnolliHof  Doddiii-rton  Hull,  b.  22  Sept.,  1803,  son  of  Colo- 
nel (k'oigi!  Hulpli  Payne  Jarvis,  J. P.,  1). L.,  who  was  born  13th  May, 
1774. 

Armx — Sa.  on  a  clievron  enurailed  between  three  martlets  arg. ;  as  many 
cincpie  foils,  pierced,  of  the  first  on  a  chief,  of  the  second  a  Jieur-de- 
lis  between  two  escallops  of  the  field. 

Crent — An  nnicorn's  head.  Ari^.  gorged  with  a  collar,  charged  with 
three  cinque  foils. 

JervoiM  of  ''erriard — Ellis.Tervoise.  Francis  .Tervoise,  Esq.,  ,T.P.  and  D.L., 
b.  18  Mardi,  IHO!),  Iligli  Siierill'  of  Hants,  IH'ri.  Descended  from  Rich- 
ard Jerveyx,  Esq.,  of  Northfield  and  Wioly  Parlv,  who  died  23d  Dec, 
lUiyl, — was  succeeded  l)y  Ids  son.  Tiiomas  Jeriri/s,  Esq.,  h.  28th  Dec. 
1532,  wlio  left  a  .son,  Sir  Thomas  Jcrmsc,  Knt..  1).  litli  June,  1587, 
who  also  left  a  son,  Thomas  .Tervoise,  Escf.,  b.  l(5th  iMarch,  1016,  who 
left  as(m  and  lieir,  Thomas  Jervoise,  Esq.,  of  Herriard,  borntith  Sept., 
10()7,  wiio  left  a  son,  Ricliard  Jervoise,  Esc).,  b.  5th  January.  1703-4. 
.who  left  two  sons,  died  1794,  viz. :  Thomas  Hiedlcstone  Jervoise,  Esq., 
b.  1st  June,  173(5,  Hev.  (ieorge  Iliedlestone  Jervoise  Purefoy  Jervoise. 

Arms — Quarterly  1  and  4,  Sa.  ache\ron  Ix'twecn  three  eaglets,  close.  Arg. 
for  Jervoise.     2  and  3.     Threi'  eels.  Sa.  for  Ellis. 

Crent — An  heraldic  tiger's  head  Sa.,  for  Gervoise,  a  plume  tA'  Jiee  ostrich 

feathers.     Arg.  for  Ellis. 
Motto — Virtutis  premium  laus. 

Oeoi-ge  Jarcis,  Esq.,  of  Islington. 

Sir  Ilinnphrey  Jcrris,  Lord  Mayor  of  Dublin  in  1681-3. 

John  Jercis,  Esc].,  of  Ollerton  Co..  Saloi),  who,  descendant  through  a  jimior 

branch,  Admiral   Sir   John  Jervis,  was  created  Earl  St.  Vincent  in 

IKOI. 


6 


INTRODUCTION. 


Amu — Qimrtcrly.  1  mid  4,  Sii.  a  oliovron  liotweon  threo  cii/ijhttfl  cIomp,  ar. 

for  .TiTvis.    2  and  3,  n\i.,  a  fhnvron,  valr,  hctwiu'U  thrcn  Uohh  rampant, 

or  for  Wliil(!. 
Crest— U\,  an  ca^'lt't,  clows  m"-  8»l,  tlii't'f  urrowH,  ono  in  pale,  and  two  In 

saltis  cnwreallu'd. 
Motto — Venali!  Net;  Auro, 

,/t  rroim'— ThouuiH,  Km(|.,  of  Ili-rriard  Hants,  Hon  of  Tlioma.s  JcrvoiHe,  Kh(1., 

M.  P.  for  Soiillminpton. 
AnnH — Quarterly,  1  iiiid  4,  Ha.  a  chcv.  bclwccn  tlircio  oafflets,  cIohc,  ar.  fen* 

.Icrvoisc.     3  and  !J,  thrci!  cscalopH  in  pale,  or  ln'lwcen  two  tianclics, 

erm,  each  charged  with  a  cro»M,  palti'is  Htcihee,  {ju.  for  Clarke. 
Orfnfi> — .Tervoisc.     An  licraldic  lifr<'r'.'*  head  Sa.  Cliirkc  witliin  a  fj;old  rin^ 

set  with  a  diamond,  ppr.  a  roundlc,  per  pale,  j;u.  or  charged  with  a 

pheon,  ar. 

Jerria — John  (Earl  St.  Vincent). 

Armt — Sa.  a  chev.  between  three  nnirtletH,  ar. 

Cirxf — Out  of  a  naval  crown  or,  •■iiwnii»i)ed  by  a  wreath  of  laurel,  vert,  a 
denii  pe^asus,  ar.,  nianed  and  hoofed,  of  the  first,  winded  ar.  charged 
on  the  winii  witii  a  lleur-de-liH,  jiold.  Suiiportcrs;  dexter,  an  eaicle. 
winiiM  elevated,  and  endorsed,  holding  in  the  sinister  claw  a  thunder- 
bolt, all  i>pr. ;  sinister,  a  pegaaus  ar. 


Roth  in  tliis  country  and  Eixrope,  tho  namo  of  Jarvis  has  btuMi 
onroUod  in  almost  all  the  learned  profes.sions  and  pursuits  in  life. 
It  has  given  dignity  to  the  bench  and  bar;  it  has  graced  the  pi-o- 
fc^ssions  of  medicine  and  surgery;  it  has  adorned  the  pulpit  and 
the  stage;  it  has  entwined  its  garlands  of  poetry  with  music  and 
painting,  and  it  has  thundered  its  deeds  of  daring  over  the  ocean 
wave,  and  among  the  distant  islands  of  the  sea. 

And  here  wc  may  be  permitted  to  speak  briefly  of  some  of  those 
wlio,  in  the  various  walks  of  life,  have  made  the  name  illustrious. 

Eakl  St.  Vincknt,  Sir  John  Jervis,  the  renowned  British  admiral, 
was  a  noble  type  of  the  hero  and  English  sailor.  In  judgment  pro- 
found, with  a  stem  will  and  inflexible  integrity,  he  was  the  favorite 
of  his  government.  His  battles  were  models  of  naval  tactics,  and 
when  won  were  complete.  His  good  name,  fame,  and  unspotted 
character  gave  him  a  place  in  Westminster  Abbey.  The  following 
anecdote  in  regard  to  the  United  States  and  Commodore  Bainbridge 
is  quite  interesting.     It  is  from  "Allison's  History  of  Europe." 

"A  New  York  gentleman  being  in  London  at  the  time  when  the 


INTKOItlK'TlON.  7 

news  of  till!  rupluri!  i)f  the  Jiiva  arriv«'(l,  liappcnod  on  tlm  next  day 
to  be  ill  company  with  Admiral  iIorviH.  Tho  vctoraii  niiiiarkod 
tliat  lio  had  pansod  a  Hl«!Oplc88  ?iij;ht.  It  was  not  ocoasionod  by  tho 
loss  of  tho  frigatt!  Java,  but  by  tht!  dignidcd  maiuuM'  in  which  tho 
American  coniniiindiT  liad  treated  hiH  vaiupiished  enemy,  lie 
observed  that  tli(^  dc^portment  of  Uaiid)ridgt,' mon*  rosombled  th«) 
proud  bearing  of  a  Spaidnli  grandtu)  to  liin  prisoners,  during  tho 
dayH  of  ancient  diivalry,  tlian  uf  a  young  num  of  a  young  mition, 
yot  in  tlio  gristh;  of  manhood.  lie  added  that  this  trait  of  national 
character,  whicli  indicated  bo  niu<!h  of  future  greatness,  had  given 
to  liim,  as  an  Kngiisliman,  much  uneasiness  and  api)rehension." 

During  the  Kevolutionary  struggle  betvviten  the  mother  country 
and  the  colonies,  a  Rritish  brig  lay  olT  the  harbor  of  Norwalk, 
blockading  the  port.  A  resident,  desirous  of  "  turning  a  honest 
penny,"  took  a  boat-load  of  fresh  vegetables,  with  other  provisions, 
to  the  vessel,  where  he  was  (uost  cordially  receive<l  by  both  ollicers 
and  men.  (^n  incpiiry,  he  found  the  vessid  was  command(Ml  by  a 
young  ollicer,  whose  name  was  Jervis.  lie  was  very  atTablo,  and 
made  many  inquiries  about  Norwalk  and  its  inhabitants,  lie 
inquired,  particularly,  about  the  Jarvises  in  Norwalk  and  vicinity, 
and  as  his  guest  was  about  leaving,  he  said:  "  Give  my  compliments 
to  them,  and  tell  them  their  cousin,  John  Jervis,  would  be  happy 
to  see  them  and  make  their  acquaintance. 

This  young  officer  afterwards  became  John,  the  Earl  St.  Vincent. 

The  late  Bishop  Jarvis  and  his  son,  the  Rev.  Samuel  F^armar 
Jarvis,  DD.,  LL.D.,  were  among  the  most  prominent  divines  of  the 
Episcopal  pulpit,  and  wherever  tho  doctrines  of  tlie  church  are 
preached  and  taught,  tluar  names  will  be  (!V(!r  held  sacred  and 
dear;  nor  will  it  bo  forgotten  how  the  healing  art  and  the  science 
and  practice  of  surgery  have  been  ennobled  by  the  skill,  experience, 
and  judgment  of  such  members  of  the  profession  as  the  late  Dr. 
Charles,  Dr.  Leonard,  and  Dr.  Gc'orge  Ogilvie  Jarvis. 

In  the  province  of  painting,  under  the  brush  of  a  Jarvis,  the  can- 
vas has  almost  glowed  with  life,  as  the  pictures  of  Perry,  Decatur, 
and  Bainbridge  will  attest.     John  Wesley  Jarvis '  was  one  of  the 

1  "  John  Wcsloy  Jarvis,  portrait-painter,  wa.s  l)orn  at  South  Shields  on 
Tyne,  England,  1780,  and  died  January  13,  1840.  He  was  a  neplicw  of  John 
Wesley,  came  to  Philiidelphiii  in  1785;  at  tlic  age  of  ten  was  an  iipprentiee 
to  Savage,  the  engraver;  ut  tweuty-one  began  that  business  for  liimself,  in 
New  York  city,  and  soon  commenced  portrait-painting,  with  great  .success. 
He  was  a  man  of  genius,  but  of  irregular  habits,  and  excelled  as  a  humor- 


^. 


8 


INTRODUCTION. 


most  accomplislH^d  artists  of  his  time.  He  was  the  teacher  of  the 
late  John  Inman,  who  was  no  unworthy  pupil  of  such  u  master. 

The  account  of  his  painting  the  port  rait  of  Commodore  Bain- 
bridge  is  an  amusing  incident  of  this  favorite  old  painter: 

When  Bainbridge  sat  to  him,  the  old  weather-beaten  seaman 
invariably  fell  asleep.  This  annoyed  Jarvis,  and,  for  the  first  time 
in  his  life,  he  found  his  wit  and  humor  were  of  no  avail  in  rousing 
his  sitter  to  proper  wakefulness;  wherenj)on,  when  Jarvis  reached 
that  point  in  the  exemition  of  his  [)ainting  that  tlie  expression  was 
to  te  caught,  he  commenced  a  tirade  against  th3  !Uivy,  qixestioned 
the  heroism  of  its  offi(!ers  and  men,  and  kept  \i\)  his  banter  until 
Bainbridge's  eyes  liashed  as  they  were  wont  on  the  quarter-deck. 
Jarvis  talked  on.  and  rapidly  painted,  until  the  old  Connnodore 
started  from  his  chair,  and,  approaching  Jarvis,  shook  liis  list  in 
his  face,  and  thundered  out  he  would  not  "  allow  a face- 
maker  to  speak  against  his  profession  "  Another  instant,  and  a 
personal  assault  might  have  ensued,  when  Jarvis  sprung  aside, 
burst  into  a  hearty  laugh,  and  told  the  Commodore  he  had  to  wake 
him  up  somehow,  else  the  picture  would  have  no  more  expression 
than  a  gunner's  swab.  His  liead  of  Bainbridge  is  one  of  the  best 
pictures  Jarvis  ever  painted. 

As  an  "Antiquarian,"  the  name  of  Andrew  Jervise  stands  pre- 
eminent. He  was  born  in  the  town  of  Brechin,  in  Forfar,  Scot- 
land, and  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  the  Anti- 
quarian Society  of  the  British  Kingdom.  Among  his  contributions 
to  Antiquarian  lore  are  "Land  of  the  Lindsays,"  and  "Epitaphs 
and  Inscriptions  from  Burial  Grounds  in  the  North-east  of  Scot- 
land." Mr.  Jervise  willed  a  large  portion  of  his  property  to  his 
native  town,  to  be  spent  in  the  development  of  educational  pursuits. 

It  is  a  pleasing  task,  thus  to  look  back  over  the  flight  of  years, 
and  be  able  to  record  the  varied  excellences,  the  intelligence  and 
virtues  of  an  honored  ancestry.  In  short,  wherever  we  turn,  wo 
find  the  name  of  Jarvis  associated  with  men  of  letters,  with  the 
learned  professions,  and  the  nobler  efforts  that  go  to  make  up  an 
advanced  civilization. 


ist.  During  one  of  his  trips  to  New  Orleans  he  earned,  in  six  months,  six 
thousand  dollars,  but  his  profuse  and  convivial  hablis  kept  him  couslautly 
poor. 

He  painted  heads  of  Bishop  Moore,  Jolm  Ran(U)iph,  DeWitt  CHiilon, 
Halltck,  O.  H.  Perry,  Stephen  Van  Renselaer,  Baluhridge,  Decatur,  Gen. 
John  Armstrong  (now  in  jiossession  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Wni.  B.  Astor), 
and  many  other  national  celebrities." — Droh-'s  American  Bioyvaphy,  p.  482. 


INTRODUCTION. 


9 


It  may  be  impossible  to  determine,  with  certainty,  when  and 
where  the  first  Jarviacs  settled  in  this  coiintry.  The  earliest  men- 
tion of  the  name,  we  have  found,  is  in  "  Hutton's  Early  Emigrants 
to  America,"  which  speaks  of  John  Jarvice  as  living  in  Virginia, 
Feb.  16,  1623.  And  we  find  the  name  of  Francis  Jarvice  among 
138  names,  to  be  transported  to  Virginia,  in  th(  Primrose,  Capt. 
Douglass,  per  Certificate  July  27,  1625,  which  reads  as  follows: — 
''Under  ye  Minister's  hand  of  Gravesend,  being  examined  by 
him  touching  their  conformitie  to  the  Church  Discipline  ol  Eng- 
land. The  men  have  taken  their  oatties  of  Alegiance  e  Su- 
premacie." 

Boston  was  settled  in  1630,  by  a  portion  of  the  company  v.'hich 
came  from  England  with  John  Winthrop.  The  only  person  resid- 
ing there  at  that  time  was  William  Blackstone  or  Blaxton,  supposed 
to  have  been  an  Episcopal  clergyman,  and  to  have  arrived  about 
1623.     See  '-Appleton's  Cyclopedia." 

In  the  records  of  Boston,  the  earliest  mention  found  of  the 
name,  is  that  of  John  Jabvis,  who  was  one  of  a  Coroner's  Jury, 
Sept.  28,  1630. 

John  Jarvis  is  also  mentioned  as  being  a  merchant  of  Bi;  .ston, 
who  died  Sept.  29,  1(148.  Of  this  John  Jarvis,  Savage,  in  his 
"Genealogical  Dictionary,"  remarks  that  "perhaps  he  may  have 
been  only  a  transient  visitor." 

John  Jarvis  is  again  on  record  in  1651,  as  connected  with  the 
estate  of  John  Mills. 

We  have  found  no  evidence  inconsistent  with  Savage's  remark 
that  tlie  second  John  Jarvis  was  a  transient  visitor,  and  then;  is 
nothing  to  controvert  the  idea  that  the  two  John  Jarvises  first 
above  named  were  one  and  the  same  person. 

He  died  in  1648,  and,  eighteen  years  before  (when  the  coroner's 
jury  was  held),  might  have  been  a  man  of  middle  age,  and  accom- 
panied the  Rev.  Wm.  Blaxton  from  England  in  1623. 

In  reference  to  the  third  John  above  mentioned,  we  quote  from 
a  letter  of  Dr.  Edward  Jarvis,  now  Hving  in  Dorchester,  Mass. 
He  says:  "On  the  18th  Sept.,  1661,  we  find  the  marriage  of  John 
Jarvis  to  Rebecca  Parkman,  by  Richard  Belingham,  Deputy  Gov- 
ernor. He  may  have  been  the  son  of  the  other  John,  who  died 
in  1648. 

The  family  have  been  in  Boston  from  that  time  until  now,  and 
in  some  families  their  lines  are  traceable." 

The  Town  of  Huntington,  which  was  one  of  the  earliest  settle- 
2 


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10 


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meiits  of  the  Jarvia  family  in  this  country,  was  first  settled  by 
Englishmen  in  1053 — 226  years  ago. 

The  pioneers,  who  formed  the  settlement,  consisted  originally  of 
eleven  families,  who  either  may  have  found  their  way  thither  from 
Massachusetts  through  the  Connecticut  Valley,  or  may  have  come 
directly  from  the  Connecticut  Colony,  which  was  founded  in 
Hartford  in  1639. 

Some  of  these  settlers  made  purchases  of  land  of  the  Indians, 
and  the  following  is  an  account  of  two  of  these  transactions, 
showing  the  unique  currency  which  they  used  in  bartering  with 
them,  and  which,  in  those  primitive  times,  was  found  to  be  the 
most  serviceable  in  dealing  with  the  "  untutored  "  wild  man. 

The  first  purchase  of  land  within  the  territory  of  Huntington 
was  made  of  the  Matinnecock  tribe  of  Indians,  in  1653,  compris- 
ing nearly  six  miles  sauare.  "  The  consideration  paid  to  the 
Indians  was  six  coats,  six  bottles,  six  hatchets,  six  shovels,  ten 
knives,  six  fathoms  of  wampum,  thirty  muxes  (brad  awls),  and 
thirty  needles." 

The  first  purchase  of  East  Hampton  embraced  30,720  acres, 
and  the  articles  giv^n  in  payment  consisted  of  "twenty  coats, 
twenty-four  looking-glasses,  twenty-four  hoes,  twenty-four  hatch- 
ets, twenty-four  knives,  and  one  hundred  muxes," 

These  and  other  purchases  were  made  of  the  Indians  and  held 
by  trustees  for  the  public  benefit,  and  were  afterward,  from  time 
to  time,  granted,  for  a  valuable  consideration,  by  the  authorities  of 
the  town  to  individual  purchasers.  The  "Old  Purchase"  of  "six 
miles  square  "  is  often  mentioned  in  the  real  estate  transactions  of 
Huntington,  and  the  most  prominent  and  enterprising  citizens  are 
on  record  as  grantees  of  portions  of  it,  among  whom  the  names  of 
Stephen  Jarvis,  and  his  son  Stephen,  William  Jarvis,  Thomas 
Jarvis,  Jonathan  Jarvis,  and  others,  frequent! v  occur.  (See  Ap- 
pendix D.) 

The  following  extract  from  an  Historical  Address  delivered  at 
the  Centennial  Celebration  at  Huntington,  by  Hon.  Henry  C. 
Piatt,  is  inserted  here,  as  it  gi.ves,  in  a  few  words,  a  graphic  de- 
scription of  the  pioneers  of  the  town, 

"The  first  settlers  of  Huntington  were  a  body  of  men  equally 
distinguished  for  the  soundness  of  their  morals  and  the  purity  of 
their  lives.  They  w^re  characterized  by  peculiar  sternness  of 
principle,  and  singular  exactness  in  the  discharge  of  every  duty. 
They  regarded  every  species  of  vice  with  a  kind  of  instinctive 


X 


INTRODUCTION. 


II 


abhorrence.      Prodigality  and    licentiousness  they  branded  with 
infamy,  and  often  punished  with  severity." 

The  spirit  with  which  the  people  of  Huntington  entered  the 
great  conflict  for  American  liberty,  is  shown  by  a  series  of  reso- 
lutions passed  at  a  general  town  meeting,  held  June  21,  1774. 
These  resolutions  breathe  the  spirit  of  independence,  and  do'  honor 
to  the  intelligence  and  patriotism  of  the  people  of  Huntington, 
and  rank  that  ancient  town  among  the  first  assertors  of  American 
liberty.     (See  Appendix  N.) 

We  now  proceed  to  give,  in  tabular  form,  the  records  of  Stephen 
Jarvis  and  his  sons,  and,  after  these,  the  records  of  the  descend- 
ants of  William,  Thomas,  and  Jonathan,  who,  we  liave  seen,  were 
among  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  name  in  Huntington. 

Following  these,  are  inserted  the  records  of  the  descendants  of 
Nathaniel  and  Moses  Jarvis,  both  of  whom  were  Huntington  men, 
but  whose  connection  with  the  other  fainilies  of  that  town  we  have 
not  been  able  to  ascertain. 

Then  we  take  up  the  Massachusetts  branch  of  the  family,  giving 
the  records  of  the  descendants  of  Nathaniel  and  John  Jarvis.  At 
the  close  of  the  Genealogy,  will  be  found  a  few  fragmentary  records 
which  wo  have  not  been  al)le  to  connect  with  any  of  the  other 
families. 


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GENEALOGY. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  STEPHEN. 

1st   Genp:hation. 


No.  Name. 

1  Stephen  Jarvis, 

Child. 

2  Stephen,  Jr., 


Bom. 


Died. 


Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr. , 
2  Children. 

3  Stephen,  June   2,  1683 

4  Abraham,  Apr.  26,  1685 


2d  Generation. 


Married  or  Remarks. 
See  Api)endices  A,  B, 
D,  and  F. 


See  Appendices  D,  F. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  WILLIAM. 

1st  Geneuation. 

^^^w.,,.^"™^;       .  ^™-  ^'«'l-  Married  or  Remarks. 

5  William  Jarvis,  About  1740 

6  Esther, 

5  children. 

7  William,  1696 

8  Samuel,  Oct.    5,169b    Sept.   27,  1779    Lived  and  died  in  Nor- 

walk,»   Conn. 
^  ^^^P''^"'  1700  Lived    and    ,lied    iu 

Huntington,  L.  I, 


'  Norwalk  was  purchased  of  the  Indians  in  1640.  by  Roger  Ludlow 
As  described  iu  the  ancient,  records,  the  purchase  was  "  from  Norwalk 
river  to  Sawhatuck  (Saugatuck)  river,  from  Sea,  Indian  om-  day's  walk 
in  the  country,— that  is,  one  day's  luyrth  walk  into  the  country  hence  the 
name  Norwalk.     The  articles  given  to  the  Indians  for  tlie  tract  were  ' 'eight 
fathoms  wampum,  six  coats,  ten  liatchets,  ten  hoes,  ten  knives   fen  seiz- 
ors, ten   jusharps,  ten  fathom  tobaco,  three  kettles  of  si.v  hands  about 
and  ten  looking-glasses."  ' 


14 


r)E8CENDANT8    OP   WILLIAM — FIRST   GENERATION. 


No.      Namo. 

10  AbmUiim, 

11  Mary, 


Born.  Died.  Married  or  UcmarkB. 

1702  Lived    and    died    in 

Iluntiujjiou,  L.  1. 

1704         '  Marriod   a  Mr.  Sey- 

mour. 


AViLL  OK  William  Jarvis  of  Huntington,  L.  I.,  Nov.  13,  1737. 

In  thk  name  of  God  Amen,  the  twelfth  daj  of  November  one 
thousand  Seven  liundred  and  thirty  seven.  1  William  Jarvis  of 
Huntington  in  the  County  of  Suffolke,  on  the  Island  of  Nassau  in 
the  province!  of  New  York,  Farmer,  Being  under  the  Decays  & 
labouring  under  the  Infirmities  of  Old  age,  But  of  Perfect  mind 
and  memory,  Thanks  be  Given  unto  God.  Therefore  Calling 
unto  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body,  and  knowing  that  it  is 
appointed  for  all  men  once  to  dye,  do  make,  and  Ordain,  this  my 
Last  Will  and  Testament.  Tliat  is  to  say  Principally  and  first  of 
all  1  give  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that 
Gave  it,  and  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth,  to  be  buried  in 
Decent  Christian  Burial  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executor,  nothing 
Doubting  but  at  the  General  Resurrection  I  shall  Receive  the 
same  again  by  the  Mighty  I'ower  of  God.  And  as  touching  such 
Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  Bless  me  in  this 
life  T  give  Demise  and  Dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  man- 
ner and  form  — 

Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  wife 
Esther  Jarvis  the  use  and  benefit  of  all  my  Lands  and  Moveable 
Estate  My  Debts  and  Legacies  hereafter  nentioned  being  first 
paid,  Excepting  my  Tools,  Utensills,  and  Tackling  for  Husbandry, 
during  her  widdowhood,  and  also  my  Negro-girl  Jenny,  during  her 
natural  Life. 

Item.  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Son  William  Jarvis  of 
Norwalk  in  Connecticut  Twenty  pounds  Current  Money  of  New 
York,  to  be  paid  by  my  Son  Abraham  out  of  his  Dividend  of  my 
Estate  as  is  hereafter  mentioned,  and  also  my  wearing  apparell 
and  Great  Bible. 

Item.  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Son  Samuel  Jarvis  of 
Norwalk  in  Connecticut  Ten  Pounds  cur'  money  of  New  York,  to 
be  paid  by  my  Son  Stephen  out  of  his  Dividend  of  my  Estate  here 
after  mentioned. 

Item.  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Son  Stephen  Jarvis  now  of 
Huntington,  to  him  and  to  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever,  all  my 
Lauds  on  the  South  side  of  the  Long  Hollow  in  the  East  Neck,  and 


DKSOENDANTa    OF    WILLIAM KIU8T    GKNKRATION. 


15 


also  my  liold  commonly  called  the  Orchard  field,  and  Likewise  my 
Negro  boy  called  George,  He  being  oblidged  liereby  to  pay  to  my 
Son  Samuel  Jarvis  of  Norwalk  &c  Ten  Pounds  Chir'  Money  of 
New  York,  Before  mentioned  as  the  Condition  of  this  Bequest. 

Item.  I  give  and  Bocjueatli  unto  my  Son  Abraham  Jarvis  now 
of  Huntington  all  the  Kiiinaining  part  of  my  Land  that  I  bouglit 
of  Fjl)(Mie/er  Blachly  and  of  Benjamin  Boyls  with  the  buildings 
thereon  erected  &c  And  also  all  the  Lands  I  had  a  Riglit  to  before 
those  purchases  on  the  North  Side  of  the  Long  Hollow  afores''  As 
Likewise  my  Negro  Boy  named  Dick  These  and  every  of  these 
Particulars  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Son  Abraham  and  to  his 
Heirs  and  assigns  for  ever,  He  being  obliged  to  pay  to  my  Son 
William  Jarvis  of  Norwalk  &c  twenty  Pounds  Cur'  Money  of  New 
York  before  mentioned  as  the  Condition  of  this  Bequest  And  also 
upon  the  same  Condition  1  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Son  Abra- 
ham my  Team,  Tooles,  Utensills  and  Tackling  for  Hnsljandry. 

Item.  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Sons  StepluMi  and  Abra- 
ham Before  Mentioned  to  them  and  to  their  heirs  and  assigns  for- 
ever all  my  Meadow  and  right  of  Meadow  at  South  and  all  my 
Right  in  y  undivided  Tjands  in  y''  Townsliip  of  Himtington  to  be 
equally  divided  between  them,  And  to  my  Son  Stei)hen  to  his 
heirs  and  assigns  for  ever  five  and  twenty  acres  of  Land  Laid  out 
in  the  New  I'urchase. 

Item.  I  give  and  Bequeath  to  my  daughter  Mary  Seymour  of 
Norwalk  in  Connecticut  Ten  Pounds  Current  Money  of  New  York 
to  be  made  and  paid  out  of  my  Moveable  Estate,  And  also  my 
Negro  Girl  Jenny,  Only  it  is  my  Will  and  Pleasure  that  my 
Beloved  Wife  should  have  her  so  Long  as  my  Wifc^  Lives.  And 
if  my  Daughter  Mliry  should  Dye  before  my  Wife,  Then  and  in 
such  case  1  give  and  Bequeath  s''  Negro  Girl  Jenny  to  my  Son 
William  afores'  to  him  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever.  And 
that  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  might  be  duly  Executed 
and  Performed  1  hereby  Constitute  make  and  ordain  my  Beloved 
Esther  Jarvis  and  my  Son  Abraham  Jarvis  Execut.ois  of  this  my 
Last  Will  and  Testament  And  I  do  hereby  utterly  Disallowe, 
Revoke  and  Disanul  all  and  every  other  Former  Testaments,  Wills, 
Legacies  bequests  and  Executors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  named, 
Willed  and  bequeathed,  Ratifying  and  confirming  this  and  no 
other  to  be  my  Last  Will  and  Testament.  In  witness  whereof  I 
have  hereunto  sett  my  hand  and  Seal  the  day  and  year  first  above 
written.  William  Jarvis    (SS) 


m 


16 


DESCENDANTS   OF   WILLIAM SECOND   OENKKATTON. 


Signed,  Sealed,  Published,  pronounced  and  Declared  by  the 
S""  William  .larvis  as  liis  Last  Will  and  Testament  in  presence  of 
the  Subscrib  rs; 

Daniel  Kolley. 

Hezekiah  Smith. 

E.  Fume. 


2d  Generation. 

8. 

No.          Name. 

1 

Born. 

Died. 

Married  or  Ueinarltiii. 

Ciii)t.Siini.Jiirvis,  Oc^t. 

5,  l(i!»8 

Sept.  27,  1779 

From  lIuntington,L.I. 

12  Naomi  Bru.sli, 

Mch 

1!),  1701 

May     3,  1750 

Of  Cold  Spring,  L.  I. 

11  children. 

13  Samuel,' 

D(H'. 

27.  1720 

Feb.   35,  1783 

Dec.  18,  1741.    Buried 
inTrin.ch.-yd.,N.Y. 

14  Elizabeth, 

Dec. 

37,  1722 

1730 

15  John, 

Jan. 

23,  1725 

Aug.  17,  1778 

16  Esther, 

Aug. 

18,  1727 

Nathan  WillHon. 

17  Stephen, 

Dec. 

25,  1721) 

July  30,  1830 

Feb.  6,  1756. 

18  Isaac, 

Feb. 

10,  1733 

19  Naomi, 

Mch. 

15,  1730 

N.  Willson,  Norwalk. 

30  Naliian, 

Feb. 

2,  1737 

April  15,  1820 

Jan.  2,  1757. 

21  Abraham, 

May 

5,  1739 

May     3,  1813 

May  25,  1766. 

22  Polly, 

May 

3,  1742 

April    4,  1740 

23  Hezekiah, 

July 

17,  1740 

April   4,  1838 

Oct.  9,  1767. 

f 


o. 


Stephen  Jarvis, 
24  Susannah. 

11  children. 

35  Deborah, 

36  Isaac, 

27  Esther, 

28  Louisa, 


1700 


Mch.  27,  1726 
Sept.  34,  1727 
Feb.  6,  1731 
April  29,  1733 


Feb.  4, 1755,  Hezekiah 
Weeks. 


>  Samuel  Jarvis  bought  homestead,  barn,  and  shed,  Jan.  11,  1744-5,  of 
Nathan  Finch.  He  and  three  sons  (Munson,  William,  and  John)  were 
Loyalists,  and  were  seized  at  the  commencement  of  the  Revolutionary 
War  by  British  soldiers,  in  the  month  of  August,  on  a  clear  night,  and 
taken  to  Long  Island  in  an  open  boat,  to  a  family  named  Coles,  where 
they  were  treated  kindly. 


I 


DESCENDANTS   OF    WILLIAM— THIRD    (JENEHATrON. 


17 


No.  Nnme. 

39  Surah, 
30  at('i)Iien. 
ai  Thomas. 
32  Austin, 
«;{  John, 
U  Ruth, 
35  f 'ary. 


Born. 
Feb.  34.  1784 
Oct.  10,  1735 
.Iiuu;  4,  1730 
Sept.  35,  1737 
1741 
Aug.  14,  1748 
Feb.  27,  1757 


Died. 


Married  or  Remark!). 


IHOV 


lO. 


Abraham  .larvis, 
30  Laviiiia  Holers, 
0  «;hil(hcn. 

37  Lavinia, 

38  MilLson, 

39  Elizrbotli, 

40  Samuel, 

41  Al)raham, 
43  Ichabod, 

3(1  wife. 
43  Hannah  Conklin, 


1703 


May  9,  1730 
1738 
1740 
1748 
1740 
1748  July  30,  1801 


Feb.  30,  1734. 


July  81,  1760. 


3d  Geneuation. 


, 


No.  Name. 

Samuel  Jarvi,s,  i   Dec. 

44  Martha  Seymour, 

11  children. 

45  Munson,-  Oct. 

46  Samuel,  3  jyiy 

47  Polly,  Feb. 

48  Martha,  Dec. 


Bom. 
37,  1730 
1736 

11,  1743 

4,  1745 

21,  1747 

37,  1748 


13. 

Died, 
Feb.   35,  1783 
Dec.      1,  1803 


Oct. 
Oct. 
May, 


7,  1835 

9,  1838 

1826 

1784 


49  Saiah, 

50  John,* 

51  Seymour, 
53  William, 


Nov.  38.  1750  Au.i>-.  14,  1807 

Oct.    11,  1753  Feb.   U,  1845 

Sept.    8,  1754  May   36,  1761 

Sept.  11,  1756  Aug.  13,  1817 


Married  or  Keinarkc. 
Dec.  18,  1741. 
Of  Norwalk. 


Oct.  81,  1771. 
June  18,  1763. 
Mr.  King  died  in  Hali 

fa.x. 
Mr.  Munday. 


Died  in  York,  U.  C;. 


^Town  Clerk  of  Stamfor.1.  Co,,,,.,  f,-om7r60  f.^  1775 
Went   to   St.    John.    New    Hrun.swiek,    1783,    and   died    the,-e      Was 

John.  N.  B.,  Nov.,  1874. 
3 


Had  one  child,   Hariiet,  who  died  in  St. 


i 


18 


DKSCKNDANTS   OK    WII.MAM — TIIIKI)    (IKNERATION. 


No  Name. 

C}',]  lliiiiiiali, 

54  Liiviiiiii, 
CJ  Seymour, 


Horn. 


I>l(>(l. 


Marrli'il  or  HciimrkH. 


8(M)t.  27   1758  April  'Hi,  182U     Dr.  Jolui  liiKcrHoll. 

'  I)i«'(l  in  Now  Yorit, 

Oct.      5.  17«1  Oct.    20,  1841 

Dih:  22,  17«r)  Oct.      4,  184U 


"Tho  Jarvis  family,  for  sovoral  y<!arH,  wa.s  quito  nuiiu^rous.  and 
has  always  and  in  all  rcspecrfs  been  liighly  roHj)octal)le;  but  as  thoir 
affections  were  with  their  king,  rather  than  with  his  r(>belliou8  sub- 
jects, it  seemed  necessary  tliat  they  should  bo  sent  over  tlie  lines. 
Capt.  Samuel  fjockwood  of  Greenwi(^h,  was  appointed  to  execute 
tlie  ord(^r,  which  he  did  with  tlu*  ready  zeal  of  a  n^volutionary 
patriot,  and  of  course  his  ofFiciousness  alienated  the  two  families, 
as  no  loyal  Jarvis  could  endure  thenceforth  one  of  the  notoriously 
rel>ellious  Lockwood  tribe." — IlHntiii;ftov\i  History  of  Stamford. 


IS. 

.Tolin  Jarvis,  Jan.   2iJ,  1725     Aujj;. 

50  ("atii.  Itayinond,  Apr.   1!J,  1737     Jan. 
11  cliildrrn. 


57  Jolin, 

June 

18,  175;{ 

July 

58  Samuel, 

Dee. 

28,  1754 

Dec. 

5!»  SlcpluMi, 

Apr. 

4,  1758 

Ai)r. 

00  Esther. 

Sept 

4,  175» 

01  Catharine,* 

Oct. 

15,  1700 

Jan. 

02  Heiny, 

Ai)r. 

10,  1703 

0^  James, 

Jan. 

8,  1704 

Nov. 

04  William. 

May 

IS.,  1700 

Meh 

05  Hunnah, 

Feb. 

28,  170H 

00  Sands. 

Pel). 

31,  1770 

Apr. 

07  .Tesse, 

.  Nov. 

8,  1772 

Jan. 

17,  1778    Oct.  10,  1751. 

2:J,  1811     Died   in  I'ounilridtre 

N.  Y. 
24,  1824 

11,  1705    Se|)t,.  4,  1774.   1785. 
31,  1822     May  23,  1704. 

Stei)h.  Whitney. 
2:5.  1811 

178;{     iiOStatsea.    Com. 
British  Army. 
10,  175(0    Com.  Brit.  Aniiy 
Dr.  Selli  Miller. 
1,  1844 
(J,  1833 


Stephen  Jarvis,     Dee.  25,  173!)     July  30.  1830    Y\h.     0,  1750. 


08  Rachel  Starr, 
8  (Children, 
00  Stei)hen, 

70  Samuel, 

71  Mary, 

72  Rachel, 
7!J  Abigail, 

74  Betsey. 

75  Eli, 

70  Hannah, 


173;j 


1824 


Nov.     0,  1750    Apr.  13,  1840    May  33,  178:{. 

lit.  Cavalry  So.  Car. 

Oct,    20,  1758     May  23,  1839     Dec.    7.  1780.     Died 

in  Toronto,  U.  C. 
Nov.  30,  1700     Sept.  30,  1845 

Oct.    13,  1703  Feb.  37,  1840 

Aug.  10,  1704  Jan.  33,  1810    Jan.     7.  1783. 

Aug.  11,  1700  May  30,  1813  1791. 

May   23,  1708  May  14,  1854 

Jime  14,  1774  Died  in  inf'cy 


^  Married  Jo.s.  Fayerweather.     3  sons,  Philander,  Stephen,  and  Henry. 


h 


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DKSrKNPANTS    OF    WILLIAM— THIRD   aKNERATIOl, 


19 


«o. 


No 


77  Ann  Kelloitt?, 


Died. 


Married  or  Itcmiirks. 
1757. 


Name.  »<"''•  ,    ^^      , 

Nathan Jarvis.'     F.l..     2.1787     Aprilir,,    830    .an. 

17;{H    .Inly  31,  1H03     Hnncd  in  M.  Pauls 
clinrchyard,  N.  Y. 


8  Chihircn, 

78  Ann, 

79  Betsey, 

80  Mary, 

81  Samuel. 
H3  William, 
815  Nathan, 
84  Esther. 
8.")  Hannah. 


Oct.  5,  1758 
Sept.  10,  17<!1 
.fan.  U,  17(i5 
Sei)t.  Ki.  17(58 
.Ian.  Vi,  1771 
,lan.  19,  177;^ 
Au,i--.27,  1775 
Feb.  25,  1780 


Oct. 

1827 

.Tesse  Bctls. 

.Tune 

10. 

1852 

1798. 

Apr. 

2, 

1847 

Aug. 

10, 

1862 

1802. 
Samuel  WhiK 

«1. 


AlmihamJarvis,  May      .^17;^    May     3,1813     May  25,  17«.>. 

86  Ann  Farmar,"  Nov.    4,  1801 

,,,,.,,  See  Appeudi.x  h. 

2  Children.  _^  ' ' 

87  Sanuiel  Farmnr,   Sept.  M,  1779  1779 
88Sam'lFarmar2<l,.Jan.  20,  1786     Mar,  26.  18..1 

2d  wife.  ^    . 

,       .    .,  .lulv    4,  1806 

laicy  Ii(^wis,' 

Abraham  ,)arvi8. 

[The  loUowini.-  sk<"t,eh  of  the  life  ..f   Uislmp  .larvis  was  written  for  this 
work  l.y  1h;"  Ht.'  Hev.  .lohn  Williams,  D.l)..  Bishoi»  of  (Jonneetient.] 

Abraham  .larvis  was  born  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  May  5  (O.S.),  1739. 
His  father,  wlio  conforniea  to  the  C;hurch  of  Knghmd,  had  removed 
thither  from  Huntington,  L.  L,  some  two  years  before  the  future 
bishop's  birth.  He  was,  therefore,  from  the  beginning,  tramod 
under  the  influences  of  that  Churcli  to  the  highest  office  in  whicli 
he  was,  in  time,  to  be  cal!(>d. 

His  early  studies  were  pursued  at  Stamford,  under  the  charge 
of  the  Rev.  Noah  Welles,  the  Congregational  minister  of  tbe  town, 
who  was  a  noted  instructor  in  his  day.  B^rom  Stamford  he  passed 
to  Yale  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1761.  

TTTj^l      April.     A   committee   of  four,  appointed  under  an  Act  of 
General  Assembly,  and  the  Seh.tn.en  of  Norwalk,  found  twenty-four  men 
inimical  to  the  country;  amon- them,  Thomas  llauford,  Nathan  Jarvis, 
^^U./'—IIairx  Ifixfori/ of  Norwalk.  _ 

»  Ann.  b.nie<l  in  B.  Peck's  vault  in  Trinity  Ch.Yd.,  N.  \. 
»  Lucy,  buried  in  Burlington,  New  .lersey. 


I 


20 


DESCENDANTS    OF    WILLIAM THIRD    r.ENKHATlON. 


Just  at  this  time  the  parish  at  Middletowii  was  vacant  by  the 
removal  of  the  Rev.  Ichabod  Camp,  and  Mr.  Jarvis  was  invited  to 
officiate  as  a  lay  reader.  He  is  spoken  of  liy  Dr.  Jolmson,  in  a 
letter  to  the  Venerable  Society,  as  "  a  promising  candidate."  Li 
those  days  the  small-pox  was  regarded  with  a  terror  which  it  is 
diff.cult  for  us,  to-day,  to  comprehend,  and  it  strikers  us  strangely 
to  learn  that  Mr.  Jarvis  went  to  BlizalK^thtown,  N.  J.,  to  be  inocu- 
lated. The  step  led,  however,  to  his  residing  for  some  time  in  the 
family  of  the  distinguished  Dr.  rhandltM".  Dr.  (Chandler's  home 
could  hardly  fail  to  be  a  marked  center  of  (-hnrch  life  and  move- 
ment, and  the  advantages  to  the  young  candidate  of  his  sojourn 
there  must  have  been  very  great. 

In  the  autumn  of  176.S,  in  company  with  Bela  HuV)bard,  who 
had  studied  under  Dr.  Johnson,  he  sailed  for  England,  to  obtain 
Holy  Orders.  This  companionship  laid  the  foundation  of  an 
intimacy  which  ended  only  when  Dr.  Hubbard  was  called  to  his 
recst  in  1812,  whither,  in  about  five  months,  his  life-long  friend 
followed  him.  "Together,"  says  Dr.  Heardsley,  "they  went  forth 
on  the  voyage  to  England  for  Holy  Ordei's;  together  they  had 
walked  in  the  House  of  God  as  brothers,  and  in  death  they  were 
scarcely  divided."  Mr.  Jarvis' reached  London  in  January,  17(i4; 
but  "the  Bishop  of  London  being  very  infirm,  he  received  Deacon'o 
Orders  from  Dr.  Keppel,  Bishop  of  Exeter,  February  5,  17<U, 
and  Priest's  Orders  from  Dr.  Lyttleton,  Bishop  of  Cai'lisle,  in 
St.  James's,  Westminster,  on  the  lOth  of  the  same  month.  He 
left  England  on  the  '20th  of  April,  arrived  at  Boston  in  June,  and 
on  the  1st  of  August  following  was  settled  as  rector  of  Chi'Lst 
Church,  Middletown,  on  a  salary  of  seventy  pounds  sterling  per 
annum.''''  No  ad  lition  was  made  to  this  stipend  liy  the  \'enerablt 
Society  for  many  years;  not,  indeed,  until,  in  ITTii,  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Tjeaming,  in  behalf  of  the  Conventi<m  in  Connecticut,  wrote  to  the 
authorities  desiring  them  "  to  (jrder  one-half  of  the  salary  foi-nunly 
given  the  late  Mr.  Lamson,  at  Fairfield,  to  Mr.  Jarvis,  at  Middle- 
town."  The  outbreak  of  the  Revohition  must  have  soon  interfered 
with  the  payment  of  this  well-earned  stipend,  and  made  his  other 
means  of  subsistence  fearfully  precarious. 

Meantime,  cm  the  25th  of  May,  1700,  the  young  prie.st  had 
married  Ann,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Samuel  Farmai",  a  merchant 
of  New  York.  Two  childi'en  were  the  issue  of  this  mari'iage. 
One  died  in  infancy.  The  other  was  the  Rev.  Samuel  P^armar 
Jarvis,  who  was  truly  "a  doctor  of  the  Church." 


nESrKNDANTS    OK    \V1I,I,IAM THIRD    OENKRATION. 


21 


f. 


How  long,  or  in  what  precise  form,  Mr.  Jarvis  continued  to 
officiate  pul)licly  in  his  clmrch  after  the  war  broke  out,  it  is  difficult 
to  say.  After  July  4,  1776,  the  clergy  could  not  use  the  ordered 
service  without  incurring  the  extremest  danger.  Accordingly,  on 
the  23d  of  that  month,  in  a  Convention  at  New  Haven,  where 
Mr.  Jarvis  presided,  it  "was  resolved  to  suspend  the  puljlic  e.xer- 
cise  of  ministerial  functions."  Aft^"  this,  no  churches  were  kept 
open  in  Connecticut  for  some  time,  except  those  within  the  cure  of 
the  Rev.  John  Boach  of  Newtown.  It  is  certain,  however,  that 
before  April,  17Si,  Mr.  Jarvis  had  begun  public  services  at  Middle- 
town,  and  that  the  prayers  for  tlie  King  and  Royal  Family  were 
not  read  by  him.  For,  in  April  of  that  year,  St,  James's  pai'ish 
in  New  Londf  ii  (which  several  y<'ars  before  had  ejected  its  min- 
ister fur  refusing  to  pray  for  Congress  and  the  States  of  America), 
voted  to  authorize  the  wardens  "  to  call  on  some  Rev.  gentleman 
to  officiate  in  the  Church  of  St.  James,  as  Rev.  Mr.  Jarvis  or 
Mr.  Hubbai'd  does."  In  1780,  Mr.  Jarvis  was  invited  to  the 
charge  of  St.  John's,  Providence,  R.  T.,  but  he  preferred  to  remain 
with  his  people,  and  declined  the  offer. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  clergy  of  Connecticut  held  in  Woodbury, 
in  the  last  week  in  March,  1 7S;},  when  U^n  clergymen  undertook 
the  ''venture  of  faith"  involved  in  the  attempt  to  secure  the 
Episcopate  for  this  western  wf>rld,  Mr.  Jarvis  acted  as  Secretary; 
and  to  him  was  entrusted  the  charge  of  preparing  the 'various 
documents  which  the  occasion  required.  Many  of  those  still 
remain  to  attest  the  ability  of  their  writer;  and  they,  with  others 
of  a  like  character,  confirm  the  testimony  of  the  venerable  pres- 
byter who  lived  to  be  the  last  link  tliat  connected  the  clergy  of 
Connecticut  with  its  first  Bislioj) — the  Rev.  Dr.  Hurh.ans — that 
"he  had  an  uncrmmon  tact  at  pulilic  business,  and  in  a  talent  at 
drafting  petitions,  memorials,  etc.,  had  few,  it'  any,  superiors." 
With  Mr.  Jarvis,  also,  Bishop  Seabury  put  himself  in  communica- 
tion as  soon  as  he  had  reached  this  counti'v  in  1785;  and  the 
admirable  addn'ss  with  which  the  clergy  of  the  diocese  welcouKnl 
their  Bishop  at  Middlctown,  in  August  of  that  year,  was  mainly, 
if  not  entirely,  the  work  of  their  secretary. 

In  1787  it  seemed  so  doubtful  to  the  clergy  of  Connecticut 
whether  a  separation  between  the  Clnurh  in  New  England  and  in 
the  other  States  could  be  averted,  that  steps  were  taken  to  secure 
for  New  England  a  "canonical  number  of  Bishops  of  the  Scottish 
line  "     At  a  Convention  held  in  WalUngford  on  the  27th  of  Feb- 


22 


nKSCENDANTR    OF    WILLIAM THIRD    fiKNKRATION. 


ruary  in  that  yoar,  Mr. , I arvis  wa.s  appointed  to  procoecl  to  Scotliind 
for  consecration.  Ilap[>ily,  the  necessity  was  averted,  and  the 
proposed  measure  never  passed  beyond  its  incipient  stajro. 

In  1796  Bishop  Seabury  died,  and  at  the  Convention  of  the 
Diocese  in  May,  Mr.  Jarvis  was  elected  his  successor.  This  elec- 
tion he  declined.  When,  liowever,  at  the  adjourned  .Annual 
Convention  in  17J>7,  the  election  was  renewed,  with  a  unanimous 
vote  of  both  clergy  and  laity,  it  was  accepted,  and  Dr.  Jarvis  (the 
Doctorate  having  been  conferred  on  him  by  Yale  College,  at  the 
previous  Commencement)  was  consecrated  in  Trinity  Church,  New 
Haven,  October  18,  17!»7,  by  Bi.^liop  White,  assisted  ])y  Bishops 
Provost  and  Bass.  A  special  convention  ha,d  been  summoned  foi 
the  occasion,  at  which,  immeiliately  after  the  act  of  consecration 
was  completed,  the  new  Bishop  received  and  replied  to  an  address 
of  recognition,  and  afterwards  delivered  his  first  charge. 

The  Bishop  remained  in  Middletown  till  the  autumn  of  1 71)0, 
when  he  removed  to  (,'heshire  (where  he  had  already  placed  his 
son  in  the  academy),  and  built  himself  a  hou  -e.  Here  the  shadow 
of  death  fell  upon  his  home  in  the  loss  of  his  excellent  and  amial)lo 
wife,  who  died  November  4,  1801.  So  that  when  his  son  was 
ready  to  begin  his  collegiate  course  in  1803,  he  removed  to  New 
Hav(  n,  where  his  home  continued  to  be  for  the  remainder  of  liis 
life.  "On  the  4th  of  July,  1800,  he  was  married  in  Trinity 
Chuix'h,  New  York,  to  Mi's.  Lucy  Lewis,  widow  of  Nathaniel 
Lewis  of  Bhiladelphia,  a  lady  of  great  excellence,  who  contributed 
much  to  the  comfort  of  his  declining  years." 

Bishop  Jarvis's  Episcopate  covered  a  period  of  a  little  less  than 
sixt(^en  years,  and  extende<l  through  the  time  when  the  Church 
was  experiencing  the  trials  of  her  deepest  tlepression.  Her  extreme 
depression  did  not  immediately  follow  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
but  is  to  be  looked  for  in  the  earlier  years  of  the  present  century, 
when  the  generation  which  had  clung  to  her  in  and  after  the  revo- 
lutionary troubles  were  passing  away,  and  few  came  to  take  their 
places.  To  administer  the  Episcopate  amid  such  discouragements 
must  have  been  no  small  trial.  Mon^over,  the  disturbances 
fomented  Ijy  an  unworthy  and  unscrupulous  clergyman  embar- 
rassed Bishop  Jarvis's  administration,  alienated  some  of  his  clergy, 
and  embittered  his  life.  His  address  to  his  Convention,  in  1807, 
emphasizes  his  just  sense  of  wrong,  and  shows  how  deeply  "  tlu^ 
iron  had  entered  into  his  soul.''  Physical  inlirmity,  also,  rendered 
the  labor  of  visitation  a  burden,  and  sometimes  entirely  shut  him 


DESCENDANTS   OF    WILLIAM THIRD   GENERATION. 


23 


out  from  undertaking  it.  Under  God,  liowever,  he  carried  his 
Diocese  safely  through  the  period  of  discouragement  and  trial, 
though  he  lived  only  to  see  the  first  beams  of  that  brighter  day 
which,  after  1811,  began  to  dawn  upon  the  Church.  The  accurate 
historian  of  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut  says  of  him,  "Thoroughly 
versed  in  the  history  of  the  Cliurch,  her  constitution  and  govern- 
ment, her  doctrines  and  liturgy,  he  was  so  far  forth  fitted  to  lie  a 
wise  counselor  and  guide;  and  his  few  published  writings  bear 
marks  not  only  of  Jiis  opposition  to  all  needless  innovations,  but  of 
his  undeviating  advocacy  of  apostt)lic  ord(!r  and  primitive  usage." 

Though  this  is  not  the  place  for  a  history  of  the  Episcopate  of 
Bishop  Jarvis,  it  may  not  be  improper  to  say  that  he  ordained 
tliirty-tlinje  deacons  and  twenty-eight  priests;  consecrated  eleven 
churches;  and  confirmed,  at  least,  three  thousand  and  sixty-eight 
persons. 

At  the  Convention  in  June,  1812,  the  Bishop  spoke  of  his  death 
as  an  event  that  could  not  be  "far  distant,"  and  of  "the  increasing 
uncertainty  of  meeting"  them  again,  as  he  met  them  then.  His 
woj'ds  were  prophetic,  and  he  nevei-  presided  in  Convention  again. 
On  the  3d  of  May,  1813,  at  his  residence  in  New  Haven,  after  a 
shoi't  but  severe  illness,  he  rested  from  his  labors,  having  nearly 
completed  his  seventy-fourth  year.  "The  day  previous  to  his 
death,  he  received  the  Lord's  Supper  with  great  apparent  devotion, 
and  his  departure  was  marked  by  the  utmost  tranquility,  like 
gently  falling  asleep." 

"He  was  buried,"  says  Dr.  Beardsley,  ■•  in  tli(>  public  cemetery, 
then  lecently  opened;  but  upon  the  erection  of  the  present  Trinity 
Church  in  that  city,  his  remains  were  disinteri'ed.  and  deposited 
beneath  the  chancel  of  this  edifice  which  he  had  hoped  t(»  see 
erected.  His  son,  and  only  surviving  child — the  Kev.  Sanniel 
Farmar  Jarvis — whom  iu;  had  advanced  to  the  priesthood  about 
two  years  before  his  death,  was  permitted  to  honor  his  memory 
by  placing  over  his  dust  a  mural  monument  of  chaste  <h'sign  and 
exquisite  workmanship,  with  a  Latin  inscription  recitmg  his  in-cle- 
siastical  dignity  and  position,  ;nid  his  own  filial  and  aft'ectionate 
sorrow." 

This  inscription  may  properly  conclude  this  brief  biographical 
sketch. 


11 


24 


DESCENDANTS   OF    WILLIAM- 


-THfRD    GENEKATION. 


SVB.  ALTARI.  8ITAE.  SVNT 
,T.„  MORTALES.  EXVVIAE 

ADMODVM.  IN.  DEO.  REVEREND!  PATRIS 

ABRAIIAMI.  lARVIS  STD 
ECCLESIAE.  CONNECTICVTENSTH 
EPISCOPI.  SECVNDI 
QVI.  NATVS. 
III.  NON.  MAIL  EX.  KAL  IVL 
ANN.  OIOIOCC.  XXXIX 
ANNOS.  LXXriI.  PROPE 
VIXIT. 
QVOR.  XV.  MENS.  VI.  DIEB.  Xinl 
EX.  CATHEDRA.  EPISCOPALI 
GREGEM.  CIIRISTI.  PAVIT 
OBIIT. 
V  NON.  MAIL  EX.  KAL.  UREG 
ANN.  SALVTIS.  ClOlOCCC.  kuI 
PARIETI.  FIVIVaCE.  TEMPLI 

EHEV.  NON.  OCVLIS.  MORTALIBVS 

MAGNOPERE.  SPERABAT 

IN.  MEMORIAM 

PRAESVLIS.  VENERATISSIMI 

I^ATRISQVE.  OPTIML  ET.  B  D  s   M  ■ 

HOC.  MARMOR.  ADPIGEND.  CVRAV 

FILIVS.  LVGENS.=^ 


'[BENE.  DE.  SE.  MERITI] 

'  The  inscription  may  be  freely  tran^luted  thus: 
Under  the  altar  are  placed 
the  mortal  reniain.s  of  the 
Right  Reverentl  Father  in  God 
Abraham  Jarvis,  Doctor  of  Divinity 
Second  Bisho,,  of  the  Clmrch  in  Connectuut 
who  being  born  th(;  5th  of  May,  17;^9 
lived  nearly  seventy-four  years  • 
ot  which,  fifteen  years,  seven  months  and 
htteen  days,  he  fed  the  (lock  of  Christ 
from  the  Episcopal  chair. 
He  died  the  IM  of  May,  1818. 
On  the  wall  of  this  church 
which  he  earnestly  hoped  to  see  erected 
alas  not  with  mortal  eyes, 
a  mourning  son 
has  cau.sed  this  marble  to  be  atll.xed 
in  memory 
of  the  most  revered  prelate,  and  of  the 
iimst  excellent  father  who  merits  his  gratitude. 


)N. 


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<^i^'^<;^.i^ 


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1 


nKSCENr)ANTS    (IK    WIl.MAM THIKIl    (IKNKKATION. 


25 


XSH. 


No.            NiniK'. 

Bom 

Died 

Mnrri 

t(!  or  RnmnrkH 

Hc/,«^kialiJiirvif 

•.'July  17. 

17l(» 

Apr. 

4, 

18:18 

Oct. 

».  n«7. 

81»  Mary  Nasli, 

.luiic, 

1718 

Mdi. 

2(1. 

1778 

5  Cliildrrn. 

»(>  Nonh, 

.Inly   23, 

17«8 

A  UK. 

11. 

1842 

Mch. 

17.  171M. 

iM  Aliniliani. 

Mcii.  20. 

1770 

Dec. 

I.'{, 

177« 

m  Klijah. 

Mcli.  IH. 

1772 

Oct. 

.'), 

1801 

();{  Hlephen, 

Nov.  13. 

1774 

Oct. 

2(5, 

1825 

Oct. 

20,  1803. 

1)4  Jaincs, 

Sopl.  10, 

177« 

Nov. 

2;i, 

1777 

2(1  wife. 

*Xi  Sarali  Nasli  ««/ 

Whiliicy. 

8  (niildrtMi. 

m\  Samunl, 

Oct.     !». 

1771» 

Oct. 

2», 

1857 

Sept 

2,  1804. 

1>7  A  brain, 

Aug-.  2;j. 

17H1 

Oct. 

15, 

1801 

JIH  Sarali, 

Apr.  18. 

178;$ 

•Inly 

-i, 

1858 

iM»  ("liarlcs. 

Mill.  28, 

1 78", 

Nov 

5, 

1840 

.\pr. 

12.  1808, 

too  fjavinia, 

()(!l.    ;ii. 

17H8 

Apr. 

11 

1870 

101  Amelia, 

Nov.  27, 

17i)0 

Oct. 

12. 

1874 

103  Mary, 

May    l;{. 

17!i:i 

lOa  Wiliiaui, 

Feb.  2i). 

17i)0 

Oct. 

3, 

1871 

Dec. 

22,  1825. 

Hezekiah  Jauvis. 

Was  a  firotlior  of  Bishop  Abraham  Jarvis,  and  possossed,  in  an 
eminent  (icgree,  the  traits  of  this  distinguish*^!  man.  In  (^very 
relation  of  life,  he  was  the  sincere  and  devoted  (Christian  gentle- 
man. He  liad  a  fine  and  discriminating  mind  and  an  excellent 
memory;  a  man  of  much  reading,  he  was  a  ready  reasoner,  a 
pleasant  and  cheerful  companion.  He  lived  to  a  patriarchal  age, 
seeing  the  children  of  the  third,  and  even  the  fourth,  generation. 

One  of  his  great-grandchildren  thus  describes  her  first  visit  to 
him.  She  was  in  her  fourteenth  year,  and  she  expected  to  see 
the  old  gentleman  feeble  and  decrepit,  sitting  in  the  corner  in  a 
comfortable  easy  chair,  when,  on  passing  into  the  house,  she  saw. 
instead,  an  elderly  man  descending  a  ladder  from  a  peach  tre(}  in 
the  front  yard,  with  basket  in  hand,  coming  to  greet  her,  which 
he  did  with  the  greatest  coriliality. 

Her  next  visit  to  him  was  when  she  was  a  mother,  taking  her 
own  child  with  her.     This  was  his  great-great-grandson,  and  she 


1  Hezekiah  Jarvis  bought  from  John  Betts,  Samuel  Gibbs,  and  Wm. 
St.  John,  on  the  10th  Dec.  1794,  for  t250,  two  acres  of  land,  dwelling- 
house  and  barn,  situate  in  Norwalk,  on  the  east  side  of  the  road,  near  the 
Episcopal  Church.  Hounded  westerly  and  northerly  by  highway;  easterly 
by  Hezekiah  Jarvis's  land,  and  southerly  by  John  lietts's  land. 


26 


DKSCKNDANTS    oK    WILMAM — THIRD    OENKKATION 


found  tlu^  samci  Hiinplc-iniiuhMl,  (Iiu;iulic(l  old  gciitloiimii  jih  on  lior 
lii'Ht  vmt. 

Tho  following  incident  is  (|uitfi  intnrasting.  Tlin  next  rncjrninjj;, 
as  the  venerable  man  entered  the  parlor,  he  saw,  Heated  in  his  own 
chair,  the  little  child,  with  his  own  spoctacloH  on  his  nose,  with 
newspaper  in  hand,  niaintaining  a  gravity  that  seemed  to  appre- 
ciate the  allecteil  dignity  of  his  position.  The  godil  old  inaii 
approached  tho  little  one,  and  putting  his  hands  upon  his  head, 
invoked  a  blessing  whic'  its  fervor  and   l)oauty,  touched  all 

present.  It  was  a  beneo  .)n  that  has  ever  se»>med  tf)  remain 
with  the  child  as  a  sainted  cliiirni,  as  on  leaving,  the  old  geiitleirian 
gave  the  child  a  l'ray(M'  Mook  in  wliich  he  wrote;  his  naiiut,  lieing, 
at  the  time,  in  his  ninety-second  year.    This  was  tlieir  final  meeting. 

Another  incident,  relatt  I  by  a  grandson,  shows  tlie  influence  of 
the  piety  and  simple  dignity  of  this  venerable  man  upon  his  youth- 
ful mind.  On  a  visit  to  his  grandfiitluT,  in  his  early  ("hildhood, 
he  knelt  for  tli<!  (irst  time  at  evening  prayer  with  his  aged  kinsman, 
and  was  deeply  imi)ressed  with  the  fervor  and  solemnity  of  thai 
family  devotion;  and  again,  at  the  breakfast  table,  when  the  Divine 
blessing  was  invoked  upon  the  nioiiiing  repa.st,  so  vivid  was  the 
impression  upon  the  mind  of  the  grandson  that  both  the  family 
prayer  and  tlu!  very  word  -f  the  nioiiiing  grace  liave  been  the 
models  of  his  own  (Uivot  Urougli  his  lattir  life. 

Of  his  life  and  inlluenci^  ...  the  Church,  Dr.  Mead,  hi.s  personal 
friend  and  pastor,  thus  speaks:  "He  was  a  devoted  and  Ixmored 
member  of  the  Church,  having  been  elected  to  office  in  the  same, 
April  6,  1781,  and  continued  to  be  so  elected  for  a  period  of  fifty- 
four  years,  thirty  of  whicli  he  was  elected  and  served  as  warden. 
At  Piaster,  183.'5,  lie  declined  a  re-election,  on  accov  .it  of  liis 
advanced  age,  and  thus  ended  his  long  term  of  usefulness  as  an 
officer  of  the  Church." 

"Mr.  Jarvis  was  well-informed  in  history,  the  doctrines  and 
usages  of  the  Holy  Catholic  (-luirch,  and  brought  up  his  family 
tlio roughly  instructed  in,  and  devoutly  attached  to  it.  One  of  his 
sons,  the  Rev.  William  Jarvis,  a  graduate  of  ITnion  College,  entered 
the  ministry  of  the  Church,  and  was  a  useful  and  exemplary  clergy- 
man, Mr.  Jarvis  was  genial  in  manners,  hospitable  in  practice, 
and  inflexible  in  principle.  He  was  a  man  wlio  supported,  through 
a  long  life,  a  high  reputation  for  humility,  integrity,  and  that 
Christian  amiability  which  is  the  noblest  ornament  of  redeemed 
humanity." 


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DESCENDANTS    OP   WILLIAM— THIKD    OENKRATION. 


27 


Miss  Mary  Jarvis, 
The  only  surviving  daughter  of  the  late  Hezekiah  Jarvis  of  Nor- 
walk,  Oonnecticut,  is  now  in  the  eighty-fifth  year  of  her  age.     She  is 
petHe  in  stature,  gracefully  formed,  with  an  expressive  and  beauti- 
ful face,  and  is,  in  short,  a  sort  of  diamond  edition  of  a  volume 
containing  all  the  virtues  of  the  better  class  of  her  sex.     Unfortu- 
nately, she  has  been  blind  for  the  last  nine  or  ten  years,  but  not- 
withstanding all  that,  she  has  never  been  idle.     Busily  employed 
with  her  needle,  she  has,  during  those  years  of  optical  eclipse,  pieced, 
fashioned,  and  finished  over  150  bedquilts  for  the  poor  and  needy, 
and  still,  at  this  advanced  age,  her  hands  are  constantly  employed 
in  well  doing.     She  is  pleasant,  cheeerful,  and  interesting  m  con- 
versation, and  her  heart  ever  turns  to  the  sunny  side  of  human 
nature,  and  she  is  never  so  happy  as  when  she  feels  that  she  has  done 
something  to  alleviate  human  suffering.     It  may  be  well  and  truly 
said  of  her :   "  She  stretcheth  out  her  hand  to  the  poor,  yea,  she 
reacheth  forth  her  hands  to  the  needy." 


3a. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Austin  Jiirvis,     Sept.  25,  1737 
5  Cliildrt'n. 


Died. 


104  Mary, 

105  Danid, 
100  Isiiuc, 

107  Nostrand, 

108  Deborah, 


May  28,  1758 
Mch.  29,  1760 
May  aO,  1702 
July  2,  1765 
Oct.      9.  1768 


Married  or  Remarks. 


John  Jarvis, 

109  Naomi  Hunce, 

H  C'liildren. 

110  John, 

lU  Stephen, 
112  Hannah, 


Abraliani  Jarvis, 
Ist  wife. 

113  Jer'a  Chicbester, 

2d  wife. 

114  Margaret, 

8  Children. 


33. 

1741 

1781 
1783 

41. 

1746 


1807 


May  21,  1772. 


1875    Get.  22, 1803.  Kelurali 
Oaks  of  CowiIarl)()r. 
1818 


June  10,  1768. 
Meli.    6,  1770. 


^" 


28 


DESCENDANTS   OF    WfLMAM — FOURTH    GENERATION. 


No.  Name. 

115  Laviniii, 
110  Jacob, 
117EIi/!i))(.|h. 

118  JCHHO, 

119  El)"iiezer, 
180  Koziah, 

131  Sarah, 
123  Mar^^arot. 

Ichaliod  Jarvis, 
133  Plu'bi"  Bunoc, 
10  Cliildren. 
1S4  Israel, 

125  Bcnjaiiiiii, 

126  Abigail, 

127  Charlotti', 

128  Ketiirah, 

129  Ilaimali, 

130  Mcliilabcl. 

131  Sarali, 

132  Levinah. 

133  Kuth. 


Born. 
Doc.  23,  1772 
Sept.  18,  1774 
Apr.  2,  1777 
Mch.  17,  1779 
May.  l(i,  1782 


Died. 


Married  or  Reinarke. 
Elkanab  Bmicc. 


1830 

1858 
1859 
1S33 


4.2. 

1748    Julv 


;«),  1801 


Dec.  33,  1810. 
belt  Fleet. 


(Jil- 


Died  ill  Connecticut. 


May     1.  1813,  to 
Enoch  Smith. 

Jan.    15,  1792.  to 
Elkanah  Bunce. 

Feb.   10,  1814  to 
Jarvis  Dennis. 


4th   rtRNRJlATTON. 

^"■^^'"""•r       .  ^°'""-  "'«'1-  Married  or  Ho„mrl<s. 

Munson  Jarvis,  Oct.    11,  1742    Oct.      7.  1835     See  Appendix  T 

134  Mary  Arnold,  " 

4  Children. 

135  Ralph  Munson,   Dec.  27.  1776    Nov.    3,  1853 

136  Mary. 

137  William,  1787    Apr.  30.  1856 

138  Edward.  17H8     May     9,  1852 

Munson  Jakvis 
Was  born  in  Stamford,  ( 'onncjotiout,  and  died  at  St.  John,  N.  B.; 
he  was  an  influential  citizen,  and  was  a  Member  of  the  Provincial 
Assembly.  He  removed  to  New  Brunswick  in  1783,  the'  same 
year  that  his  fathei-,  Samuel  Jarvis,  died  in  New  York.  He  was 
persecuted  for  his  loyalty,  and  was  one  of  the  three  sons,  who,  with 


ItESCKNDANTS   OF    WILLIAM — FOUKTH    GENERATION. 


29 


their  father,  were  sent  ovei  the  lines  by  tlie  patriots  of  Stamford. 
It  is  difficult  at  this  distance  of  time,  to  realize  the  sufferings  and 
hardships  of  our  ancestoi-s,  who,  with  conscientious  zeal,  espoused 
different  sides  in  the  fearful  struggles  of  the  Revolution.  He  was 
a  grantee  of  real  estate  of  the  city  of  St.  John  in  179*2,  and  was  a 
vestryman  of  the  Episcopal  C'hurch  of  that  city. 

Tiie  following  is  an  extract  from  a  letter  of  Munson  Jarvis,  dated 
at  St.  John,  N.  }i.,  July  3,  1788,  to  Dr.  Samuel  Peters,  London 

...  I  made  one  i>rcat  ini.stake  in  iiolitics.  for  wliioli  reason,  I  never 
intend  to  make  so  great  a  blunder  again.  .  .  .  Altliougli  we  i)oor  tories 
(as  they  were  pleased  to  call  us),  moiuu  our  sad  fate,  and  undoul'.edly 
sliall  during  this  generation,  and  look  upon  it,  tlie  latc^  rehcHjon,  as  one  (>f 
the  blackest  scenes  of  initjuily  that  ever  was  transacted.  We  inive  fought 
a  good  fight  (temporal),  if  we  have  not  overcome  the  thirteen  United  States, 
yet  we  overcome  one  of  tlie  great  (1  won't  say  good)  allies,  the  devil  and  all 
his  works.  Henceforth  there  is  laid  up  a  crown  of  righteousness  for  us 
which  will  not  fade,  and  our  last  end  shall  be  j)eace  for  ev(U'iuore. 

I  am.  Reverend   Sir, 

Your  most  obedient  humble  servant. 

40. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Dii'd.  Married  or  ReinarkH. 

SamuelJarvis,    July     4,1745     Oct.      9,  1H;J8     Oct.    21,1771. 
l;5!»  Kliza'th  Marvin,  Juiie  13,  1843 
3  Children. 

140  Polly  Martha 

Marvin,  Dee.  29,  1772  May    7,  1790. 

Hirdsey  PettTS. 

141  Sally  llnrrill,       Nov.     4,1774  Sept.  Hi,' 179'?, 

Albert  Kikerman. 

142  Ileur'taDobson,  A|)r.   28,  1785 

PJxtract  from  a  letter  of  Harriet  Dohson  Jarvis,  to  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Samuel  Peters  of  London,  England,  dated  Stamford,  Conn.,  Feb. 
28,  1802. 

.  .  .  ■■  Sister  Patty  (Polly),  has  had  the  good  fortune  of  drawing  two  tluiu 
sand  dollars  in  the  Kpi.scopal  Academy  Lottery,  of  this  State.  I  do  not 
know  whether  she  has  yet  heard  the  pleasing  intelligence." 


Polly  Jarvis,'      Feb.  21,  1747     May 
143  Tyler  Dibble, 
4  Children. 


182()    June  IS,  17(53, 


'  Polly  Jarvis  died  in  New  Brunswick.     Her  husband,  ('ai)t.  Dibble,  was 
anattoruey-at-law  in  Stamford,  when  the  war  opened,  and  he  espoused  the 


30 


DKSCENDANTfl   OF    WIM-IAM — POUIITH    OENERATION. 


No  Name. 

144  Walter  D., 

145  William. 
140  Pt'gfjy, 
147  Hali)ii, 


Born. 

Feb.  7,  17«4 
Jan.  14,  17(i(! 
Nov.  38,  17(i7 
Oct.    23,  1705) 


Died. 


Married  or  RomarliH. 


r5*^. 


148 


149 
150 
151 
153 
153 
154 
155 


WUliain  Jarvis.'Hci)!.  11,  175r.    Aui?.  V.i.  1817    Dec.  13,  1785,  at  Hi. 

(4eoi\!;e's.  llannver 
Square,  LoikIum. 
Sept.  30.  1845 


Ilunnnh  Owen 
Petcr.s,« 
7('liildren. 

Samuel  Peters.  Jan. 

Maria  Lavinia.  Dee. 

Augusta,  Oet. 

Samuel  Peters,  Nov, 

Wm.  Munson,  Aug. 

Ilainnli  Owen.  Sept 

Ann  Eli/.alteth,  Aug. 


24.  1787  when  yoimg. 

;U,  1788  May  VS,  lH2(i  Aug.  2,  1811. 

11,  1790  Mar.  21.  1848  JVFay  5.  1812. 

15,  1792  Sept.    (t,  1857  Oct.  1,  1818. 

12,179;}  June  25.  18(17  Nov.  2,  182(i. 


25,  1797 


Jan.    25,  1816. 


;.  1801     Feb.  20,  18(15     lion.  W.  li.  Robinson. 


Lavinia  Jarvis,    Oct. 
150  ]{ev.  Ambrose  Todd, 
2  Children. 


5,  1761     Oct.    20,  1841 


Koyal  cause.  He  was  Captain  of  the  tst  Militia  Comi)auy  of  Stamford, 
in  1775.  He  went  to  Long  Island,  and  entered  the  service  of  the  TJritisli. 
He  Avas  made  a  captain  in  1778.  His  prt)perty  in  Stamford  v.as  confls- 
cuted.  In  1788  he  was  a  deputy  agent  in  transporting  loyalist.s  from  New 
Yin-k  to  Nova  Scotia.  In  April.  178;!,  he  went  with  his  wife,  children,  and 
two  servants,  to  St.  John,  when;,  in  1784,  he  was  granted  two  city  lots, 
and  where,  some  years  afterwards,  he  put  an  end  to  his  own  life.  His 
father,  Rev.  Ebenezer  Dibble,  was  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Stamfoid. 
for  over  51  years.     See  Appendix  N. 

'  William  Jarvis,  whose  commission  bears  date  1782,  was  ii  Cornet  intlie 
Ist  American  Regiment,  or  Queen's  Rangers,  commanded  l)y  Lt.  Col.  John 
Graves  Simc^oe.  and  was  engaged  during  the  Revolutionary  war.  In  1789, 
he  was  <'ominissioned  as  a  Lieutenant  in  the  West(!rn  Regiment  of  militia 
of  the  county  of  Middlesex,  Nicholas  Bayley,  Colonel,  and  on  1st  January, 
1791,  he  was  commissioned  to  be  (Captain  in  the  .same  regiment,  andon9lh 
July,  1793,  he  was  appointed  Secretary  and  Registi'ar  of  therecoi-ds  of  the 
Province  of  Upper  Canada. 

-  Hannah  Peters,  daughter  of  Samuel  Peters,  D.D.,  an  Episcopal  cler- 
gyman.    She  was  born  at  Hi'bron,  Conn. 


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31 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Remark*.. 

157  Anib'c  S.  Todd. 'Dec     0,  17!»H    .Miiic  22,  l8(il 

158  CharleH.I.Todd,  185!)    Miss  Can non. 

Died  ill  I'olo,  111. 

as. 

Sfymoinjiuvi,'*,  Dec.  '22,  1705     Oct.      4,  1H4;5     Wiis  Town  Clerk  In. m 

IHli)  lo  lM4;j, 
151)  IsalH'llii  Odcll.     Dec.     7,  1778    .Ian.      2,  1871 

7  Children. 

KiO  Samuel  Odell,     ,Ian.  2(1,1806 

161  Martha  Miiru't,     May  21,  1807 

162  Mary  Ilaiinah,     Jan.      6,  180!> 
16;{  Hart  Elizabeth,  May  16,  1810 

164  Lavinia  Todd,     Nov.  27,  1811 

165  AlherliniaS.,       Feb.    11,  1814 

166  Sarah  Peters  M.,  Apr.      !),  1817 


.lohn  Jarvis,  June   18,  1T5;J     July  24,  1824 

167  Sally  Slawson,  Sept.         lT5;i 

2"children. 

168  Anna,-  July  25,  1774 

169  Polly,  Dec.  24,  1778 


2d  wife. 

170  Elizabeth  Boulte,  May  5,  1753    Apr. 

5  Children. 

171  John, ' 

172  Elizabeth, 
17:5  Charlotte, 

174  Charles  James 

Anson, 

175  Geo.  Oglevic, 

3d  wife. 

176  Sally  Ells. 


Jacob  Houton. 
Steph.  Houtoii.  2  Ch., 
Anna  and  Jarvis. 


7,  17!)!)  Aug.  23,  1779. 


Mch.  30,  178(»  Aui;-.  14,  1834 

Oct.  25.  1785  May  7,  1844  Dec.  25.  1804. 

July  30,  1787  Feb.  20,  1861  Dec.  12,  1810. 

Apr.     5,  17!»2  Dec.  28.  1836 

July    14.  1795  Feb.     3,  1875     Nov.   1!),  1819. 


1  Rev.  Ambrose  S.  Todd.  D.D.,  was  born  in  Huntiniyton,  Conn., 
ordained  deacon.  July  15,  1820,  and  priest,  June  30,  1823.  by  Bishop 
Mrownell,  iuid  in.stituted  rector  of  St.  John's  Parish,  Stamford,  Conn., 
which  otiice  he  held  nearly  fo  .y  yenrs.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hull, 
daui^hter  of  Gen.  Hull  of  (!he,shi     ,  Conn. 

-  Anna  and  Polly  married  cousins.  Anna  died,  having  two  sons.  Sanuiel 
and  Waters.  Samuel  married  a  Mi-ss  Muiison  of  New  Haven.  Conn.,  and 
Waters  a  Miss  Raymond  of  New  Canaan. 

•'  John  Jarvis  married  Laura  Thompson.  They  had  three  children, 
John,  Elizabeth,  who  married  a  Mr.  Ableman,  and  Geo.  Oglevie. 


f 


Ml. 


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DESCKNUANTH    OK    WILLIAM KiHTHth    (iENKKATION. 


.)OHN    .IaKVIS 

Was  l)orn  June  18,  175;{.  Ho  was  the  son  of  Jolin  .Tarvis.  wlio 
WHS  horn  January  2'A,  1725,  and  who  died  Aug.  17,  1778. 

Both  fatlipr  and  Hon  were  horn  under  the  Hritisli  flag,  iind 
retained  thcdr  love  and  allogif-nce  for  the  mother  country  while 
they  lived.  The  son  held  the  position  of  ('onnnissary-General  in 
the  British  army  during  tlie  Revolution,  and  was,  for  a  long  period, 
stationed  on  OoverrK  r's  Island,  in  the  Bay  of  New  York.  In  stat- 
ure he  was  largt!  and  portlv,  his  manners  courteous,  and  his  nature 
kindly  and  genial.  He  was  a  fine  scholar,  his  language  fluent  and 
easy,  and  his  compositions  in  proseand  verse  interesting.  His  pen- 
manship was  the  round  old  English  hand,  and  almost  equal  to  cop- 
per-plate engi'aviiig. 

In  the  year  1777,  when  the  Royalists  were  sorely  pressed  by  the 
Insurgents,  being  insulted  daily,  and  reviled  by  both  neighbors 
and  friends,  Mr.  Jarvis  resorted  to  verse  to  calm  his  disturbed 
heart  and  feelings.  An  original  hymn  of  his  composition,  which 
has  been  set  to  music  by  his  grandson.  Dr.  William  Jarvis  Wet- 
more,  will  be  found  on  the  following  page. 

After  the  Revolution,  he  was  sent  to  Nova  Scotia,  where  he 
remained  three  years,  and  was  then,  by  an  edict  from  the  first 
President,  returned  to  the  United  Cl^ates,  and  to  his  home  in  Nor- 
walk,  Conn.,  where  he  died. 

He  was  twice  married,  his  second  wife  being  Klizabeth  Boulte. 
She  wiis  a  shrewd  woman,  full  of  energy  and  mother  wit,  as  the 
following  anecdote  will  show.  Mr.  Jarvis  was  granted  a  short  fur- 
lough to  visit  his  wife  at  Norwalk,  and  he  liad  carefully  and  cau- 
tiously made  his  way  from  his  boat  to  the  door  of  his  dwelling, 
when  he  was  seen  by  some  straggling  soldiers,  and  made  prisoner. 
He  was  so  near  his  house,  he  begged  to  be  permitted  to  see  his 
wife,  and  get  a  changes  of  linen  before  being  taken  into  the  Amer- 
ican lines.  It  was  granted,  and  the  wife,  apparently  overcome  with 
grief,  requested  them  to  let  her  see  him  privately  for  a  few  mo- 
ments before  his  departure.  Tluiy  entered  a  room,  and  she  no 
sooner  closed  the  door,  than  she  fell  to  berating  him  with  all 
sorts  of  abuse  for  his  allegiance  to  the  King,  which  was  music  to  the 
ears  of  his  captors.  After  a  time,  and  feeling  that  the  husband  had 
been  lashed  long  enough  by  the  wife,  they  rapped  at  the  door, 
asking  for  their  prisoner.  They  only  found  a  quiet  woman  and 
an  open  window,  through  which  the  bird  had  flown,  and.  by  that 
time,  was  well  out  of  harm's  way.      In  speaking  of  his  two  wives, 


Iffy  Soul 


*!> 


;..  if  & 


«. 


;li,(v 


!(>;;i'-|i  ;,       is:i 


UM 


iud  iii*-i 


i/liin/,    ivUiS  Weix  wU. 


i 


Be  Calm,  My  Soul! 


[Wnrda  by 

[John  Jarvis.  firrs) 
AiKlaiite  cantabile. 


[lUunir  by 

I  Wmi.  tjARvis  Wrtuorr,  M.  D. 

asm) 


Be  rnim,  my  sntil,    »io     nutre     la-mint  At     fttr  •  tune's  nd  •  ft  rsi- 

When    Hinv'nthis  nifiHuitf     inrtli   rit-forniH,  And tloiids  oh-  srinf    the- 


v4\i  ^t  WfvJfM^ 


^isH^mH^^^m^ 


gate;  Van  sighs  »>r  tint's  ri-stnrt  conttntr  Cangfitfo'tf  ills    pfe-  tail? 

f       sleiis:  The  fi.v'd  ftnindaliitn  btytieslhestorm,Ilsboist't'<ms  fnyt  de-fits. 


■iH'sm-  Willi 


ul.  bv  that 


3. 

y  ffiilh,  s(t  fi.vtd  the  virttinus  mind 
Ofsarrtd  stnris  possissfd; 

fqf«»ffiin^.s  hurt  not talm,  fisigntd, 

Jtopi'  chtirs  Ihf  patiint  hnast. 


\ 


5. 


»,  hhall  I  in  alfliftifin's  srhoni 
'ilh  rat'i-  larli  Itsstni  gain: 
Xruvttd,  liarn  larli  painful  full', 
piarh  pruipt  sound  ft  lain. 


A. 

By  hitpe  inspit'td, still  tnay  I  viiw 

F.arh  Joyltss  day  rttite: 
Iflay  fortune's  frowns  my  pridt  subdue. 

And  damp  each  u<firm  desire. 

6. 

Then  slutll  no  guilty,  impious  deed, 

31  y  innocence  destroy; 
But  wisdom  teach,  and  virtue  lead 

To  happiness  and  joy. 


ho  Hnid  til 
wife  wan  I 
lie  had  hv 


WiiH  tho  1 
IHTJ.  A 
of  liridgc 
soldior,  a 
room. 

Whon 
their  hon 
Oil  liiH  w 
lived  Di 
He  tliert 
Winches 
of  tlie  o 
the  old  1 
together 
again. 

Th(!  ( 

answere 

There  v 

hardy  t 

blasphe 

with  mi 

gentleii 

numibe; 

grave,  i 

He  loo] 

The 

hair-br 

ever  bi 

war-\)a 

on   tht 

Indian 

ored  t 

Coe,  f( 

ing  hi: 

seeme 

ixnobs 


DKSrKNDANTfl   <)V    WILLIAM — FOrHTII    OKNRRATION. 


33 


he  Hiiid  i\wy  wore  both  j^ood  piiou^li  for  uny  man,  but.  liiB  Jioulte 
wifti  was  tlH)  most  ingonioiiH  tactician  and  strategist,  as  by  her  wit 
he  had  boon  saved  from  iiiiprisoninent,  and,  ihtIuijjs,  death. 

Chaulks  .Iamks  Anson  Jahvis 

Was  the  8((i;ond  son  of  John  Jurvis,  and  a  Holdier  in  the  war  of 
ISl'i.  y\s  Lieutenant  .larvis,  lie  (igured  prominently  in  tho  battU?8 
of  Mridgewater,  fjundy's  Lane,  and  Chippewa.  He  was  a  thorough 
sohb'er,  and,  as  he  used  to  say,  enjoyed  a  battle  as  he  did  a  ball- 
room. 

When  the  war  wuh  ovej",  and  the  soldiers  were  returning  to 
their  homes,  Lieut.  .larvi.s  took  up  his  line  of  mareh  with  the  rest. 
On  his  way,  and  almost  in  a  direct  line  towards  his  father's  home, 
lived  Dr.  T.  S.  Wetmore,  who  had  married  his  sister  Elizabeth. 
He  therefore  decid(!d  to  make  her  tlu^  first  visit.  Tn  the  town  of 
WinchcHter,  ( 'onnecticut,  where  she  dwelt,  were  a  great  number 
of  the  old  Revolutionary  heroes.  No  soonc^r  had  he  arriv(!d  than 
the  old  fellows  got  wind  of  it,  and  th(iy  were  desirous  of  gathering 
together  on  a  certain  evening  and  fighting  their  old  battles  over 
again. 

Th(!  doctor  gave  out  a  general  invitation,  and  the  old  fellows 
answerecl  to  the  call  us  if  a  trumpet  had  summoned  them  to  arms. 
There  was  old  Unch;  Mo.ses  Hatch,  tough  as  a  maple  knot  and 
hardy  as  an  oak;  old  tlnde  Richard  Coit,  as  brave  as  he  was 
blas])hemous;  old  Mr.  Cone,  one  of  the  heroes  of  Bunker  Hill, 
with  many  others  of  aV)Out  the  same  stripe.  Among  them  was  a 
g(>ntlenuin  by  the  name  of  Coe,  one  of  the  very  few  surviving 
nuanbers  of  St.  Clair's  defeat,  during  the  French  war.  He  was  a 
grave,  solemn-looking  man,  but  with  an  iron  will  and  constitution. 
He  looked  like  an  old  Roman  in  his  stern  dignity. 

Th(!  hours  flew  by  as  the  olil  soldiers  told  over  their  battles  and 
hairbreadth  escapes,  when  Coe  suddenly  asked  Jarvis  if  he  had 
ever  been  engaged  with  the  Indians — if  he  had  ever  seen  tluun  in 
war-paint  and  feathers,  or  had  ever  heard  the  terrible- war  whoo[) 
on  the  (l(^ld  of  battle.  Jarvis,  knowing  of  the  cruelty  of  the 
Indian,  and  having  been  an  eye-witness  of  his  barbarism,  endeav- 
ored to  avoid  talking  of  the  red  devils,  as  he  called  them,  until 
C'oe,  feelmg  somewhat  annoyed  at  his  silence,  rallied  him  by  tell- 
ing him  "  he  didn't  believe  he  had  overseen  a,n  Indian."  Jarvis 
seemed  to  take  it  good-naturedly,  when,  after  a  time,  he  rose 
iiiiobservedly,  and  walking  quietly  around  behind  Coe,  sounded, 
5 


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PESCEXD.WTS    ()!<'    W'l.MAM FOl'UTII    OKNKKATIOX. 


with  iill  his  force,  the  terrible  war-whoop  in  his  ear,  when  Coe 
sprang  from  his  cliair,  and,  but  for  Jarvis  catcliing  him  in  his 
arms,  would  have  fainted  and  fallen  to  the  floor.  Coe  soon  recov- 
ered, gave  Jarvis  his  hand,  and  said:  "Ah,  Jarvis,  you  /mve  been 
among  the  Indians!" 

Lieut.  Jarvis  subsequently  went  to  the  South,  and  on  the  visit 
of  La  Fayette  to  this  country,  was  leader  of  a  military  band.  He 
composed  a  Quick  Step  in  honor  of  the  general,  and  it  was  exten- 
sively and  universally  popular  throughout  the  Southern  St:;tes. 

He  wa.-i  a  splendid  figure  of  a  man,  tall,  largi,  and  portly,  wiih  a 
militarv  bearing  and  manner;  one  of  the  most  genial  of  men,  and 
prince  of  good  fellows. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Diftl-  Married  or  Rcmnrks. 

Samufl  Jarvis,    Doc.  28,  il'A  Dec.  11.  17U5     Sept.    4.  1774. 

177  FJi/iibeth  Swift,  Oct.   19,17(50  May   10.1825 

2  cliiklrcn. 

l^H  Launcclot,  Fob.   IS),  1775     Dec.  2«,  1853     June  23,  1803. 

179  Rebocca. 

2d  wife. 

180  Liuly  FraiKca 

Sophia  Ligoii- 
ier  Sprattin, 

3  children. 

181  Sir  Sariucl  Uav- 

luoiKl,  Feb.  26.  178G 

182  Wm.  Paxton,     June  2().  1788 


Dec.  17,  1790    Doc.    13.  1785. 


Dec.     7,  1868 


Samuel  Jakvis 
Was  born  December  28,  1754.  At  the  time  of  the  R(>volutionary 
War,  he  was  a  thorough  Loyalist,  and  was  evidently  a  man  of 
inlluence  and  imjiortance.  His  power  must  have  been  felt  through- 
out the  town  and  county  where  he  resided,  or  he  would  not  have 
been  so  hunted  and  persecuted.  He  was  arrested  and  thrown  into 
jail  in  Foughkeepsie,  Dutchess  County,  where  he  suffered  all  sorts 
of  indignities  and  privations.  While  in  prison,  he  wrote  a  poem 
which  describes  his  experience  during  these  troublesome  times. 

He  (inally  broke  jail,  but  although  out  of  his  confinement,  he 
was  hunted"  bk.  a  outlaw,  and  obliged  co  hide  in  a  cave  to  avoid 
his  pursuers  au'i  persecutors. 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  twice  married,  his  lirst  wife  being  Aliss  Elizabeth 

Swift. 


DKSOKXnANTS    ,.F    WII.I, AM-FOtTRTH    OKNKRAT.ON.  35 

with  his  brother,  they  were  both  shot  at  by  parties  opposed  to 

rmv  It  ''.'"'^  ''''  '°^  "^'^^  ^"^•^'  ^"^  -*--^  «-  British 
tZ;/;;"  T-  '""'"""'^^•^-  '-^  '^--'^'  "ndor  Sir  Patterson. 
Dr  von  f,om  hus  ho,„o  and  family,  ho  naturally  drifted  with  the 
Hntish  artny.     At  the  close  of  the  war,  lie  went  to  England  as 

On  his  arrival  in  England,  his  interests  being  identified  with  the 
-other  country,  h.  looked  upon  it  as  his  future  hon.e.     uZZ 
marned   Lady  Frances  Sophia  l.ig.„,er  Sprattin.     The  eeren  ony 
ook   place   in   St.   Luke's   Parish,   Chelsea,   December   I,,        "/ 
1  homas  R,pl,>y,  Curate,  officiating.  ' 

Mr  .rarvis  died  in  Lond,>n,  December  II,  1795,  and  was  buried 
m  All  Saints  Church,  Fulham,  by  the  side  of  the  Duke  of   York- 

No.  Nn.no.  Born.  n;,,,,  „      .    , 

^^ophen  Jarvis.  Apr.     4.1758    Apr.  ^    1H2»     ^y't^^Z''''''- 

m^rZ     ""''■''''''    ^^"^     ^•lS^^.^an.2,1820. 
woathcr,  ().,.     4,17!iy     M.-h.    :i,  1826     Aug.  ^o,  ,so;j. 


«1S 


Henry  .larvis.     Aj)!-.  10,  1703 

186  Ann. larvis,        (),.(.     5   l;^,J^ 

8  cliikhrii. 

187  i'hilo, 

188  Sally, 

189  r-ucntiu, 
15)0  Alfred. 
191  ilcnrictta, 
193  II((tty, 

193  ,j..incs, 

194  U,Muv, 


1H40     Of  I{i(lo-,.(i,.|,|. 


1850 

1851 

F«'b.    2,  1784    May   34,  1870 

00. 


1807. 


195s!;;!l'p"'■'^^      Feb.  31,1770    Apr.     1,  1H44 

8  children. 
1»«  Deiaiurey, 

1»H  Scloc(„.  ^i^.l  J.'    .':  ^"■'•-   2.,,  18;i0. 

^^'"•^''^''*'  Sept.  25,  1814. 


36 


DKBCKNDANTS    OF    WILLIAM FOI'KTH    GKNKKATION. 


No.           Name. 

E 

orn 

Died. 

Married  or  RcnmrliB 

li)!)  JjiliU'.s  Oniill, 

Dee. 

4, 

1799 

Jan.    22,  1821. 

200  C'atliiiiine, 

Newiiian. 

201   William, 

Milan,  Ohio. 

202  Seth, 

Oct. 

11. 

1805 

Sept. 

23, 

1859 

Dee.     4,  1828. 

20;{  Steplien, 

Pittshurirh,  Pa. 

er. 

Jesse  Jiirvis, 

Nov. 

8, 

1772 

.Tan. 

6, 

1822 

Merchant. 

204  Mara;i!rct  P. 

JUissf'lI, 

May 

1, 

1770 

Meh. 

9. 

1849 

5  cliiklron. 

205  Julia, 

June 

80, 

1799 

306  Jay. 

Sept. 

2. 

1801 

June 

23, 

1860 

207  Jane, 

Feb. 

6, 

180-1 

Apr. 

8, 

1875 

• 

208  Jeaiu'lte, 

June 

13. 

1807 

Sept. 

30, 

1875 

209  Catharine, 

Jan. 

26, 

1813 

tl 


Stephen  Jarvis.  Nov.    (i,  17.56     Apr.    12,  1810 

210  Amelia  ({lover,  Aug.  28,  1756     Dec.     2,  1819 

(i  children. 

211  Eli/.ab'h  Han'h,  May     9.1784 

212  Freder'k  Starr,   Aug.    4,  1786 

213  P'ranc's  Amelia,  Mar.  22,  1787 

214  Rachel  Isabella.  Oct.    27.  1794 

215  George  Stephen 

Benjamin,       Apr.  21,  1797 


Appendices  L  ami  T. 


1874    Itev.  Dr.  Phillips. 
1852 
.Tan.   23,  1867    July  16,  1809. 


Apr.  15,  1878    Dec.     6,  1821. 


216  Will,  lioisford,   May     4.  1799     July   26,  1864 


Colonel  STEriiEN  Jarvih. 

The  subject  of  this  memoir  was  born  November  6,  1750,  in  Dan- 
bury,  Conn.  His  father,  Stei^hen  Jarvis,  was  a  faiTaer  whose  fam- 
ily was  among  the  first  in  town.  Young  .'^tejjhen,  in  his  early 
youth,  was  ambitious  to  obtain  a  classical  education,  but  was  opposed 
in  this  by  his  father,  who  limited  him  to  tlu;  rudinumts  of  an 
English  education,  acquired  in  a  common  school.  At  twelve  years 
of  age,  he  was  taken  from  school  and  put  to  work  on  the  farm. 
He  continued  thus  employed  until  the  Revolution.  His  fatlier  and 
family  were  loyalists,  and  subject  to  great  annoyance  from  the 
patriots.  About  this  time,  young  Stephen  became  much  attached 
to  a  young  lady  whose  name  was  Glover,  and  whom  he  afterwards 
married.  This  engagement  was  violently  opposed  by  his  father, 
and  led  to  an  open  rupture  between  the  father  and  son.  Immedi- 
ately after  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  1775,  a  draft  of  militia  was 


1 


d 

.s 

i- 
as 


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37 


made  to  garrison  New  York.  Young  Jarvis  was  drafted,  and 
though  a  true  h)yalist,  he  determined  to  join  the  company  to  avoid 
the  harsh  treatment  of  liis  father.  The  resolve  caused  liis  father 
to  relent  somewhat,  and  he  tried  in  vain  to  induce  his  son  to  allow 
a  substitute,  but  finding  him  indexible,  he  gave  hini  some  money 
and  a  hoi-se  upon  his  leaving  for  New  York. 

The  company  was  detained  in  New  York  but  a  short  time,  and 
Stephen  returned  home,  when  a  partial  reconciliation  ^wk  place 
between  him  and  his  father  involving  a  breaking  oIT  his  engagement 
with  Miss  Olover. 

The  condition  was  soon  violated,  and  the  attachment  between  hira 
and  the  object  of  his  affections  was  only  strengthened  by  parental 
oppression. 

Soon  after  the  capture  of  New  York,  another  draft  was  made, 
and  young  Jai'vis,  though  drafted,  refused  to  join  the  company, 
and  to  avoid  the  ill  treatment  of  his  fatluu-,  iind  tlie  persecutions 
which  resulted  from  his  loyalty,  he  made  his  esca{)e  from  Dan  bury, 
and  fled  across  the  Sound  in  a  canoe,  to  Long  Island,  and  went  on 
board  a  British  sloop  lying  at  Huntington.  Before  heaving  home 
on  this  occasion,  he  had  signalized  his  loyalty  in  company  with 
another  tory,  by  conveying  a  band  of  tr(K)ps  under  command  of 
Gov.  Tryon,  to  destroy  a  large  quantity  of  the  supplies  in  Danbury, 
valued  at  $80,000.'  He  soon  found  his  way  to  New  York,  and 
joined  the  British  army  as  a  Sergeant,  with  the  promise  of  a  com- 
mission. In  this  subordinate  position  he  distinguished  himself, 
and  took  an  active  part  in  many  skirmishes,  perilous  e.Ki'ursions 
and  battles  in  and  around  New  York,  New  Ji>rsey,  and  Pennsylva- 
nia. He  was  and)itiou8  to  deserve  by  his  gallant  conduct,  the  prom- 
ised commission,  which  was  delayed,  for  a  long  time,  to  his  great 
vexation.  His  company  was  quartered  at  Richmond,  S.  I.,  during 
the  winter  of  1780.  and  he  was  one  of  the  expedition  fitted  out  to 
capture  CJeneral  Washington  at  his  head(|uarters  on  the  Hudson. 
Failing  in  this,  the  party  returned  to  Bull's  Head,  and  thence  to 
Stateu  Island.  Soon  afterwards  the  regiment  embarked  for 
Charleston,  S.  C,  and,  after  the  surnmiliM-  of  Charleston,  in  May, 
1780,  the  regiment  returmnl  to  New  York,  and  again  took  up  quar- 
ters at  Richmond,  Staten  Island. 

Soon  afterwards,  an  expedition  was  fitted  ou*^  for  Virginia,  under 
the  command  of  General  Leslie,  and  Jarvis  was  detailed  as  Quarter- 
master in  a  troop  of  the  1 7th  Light  Dragoons,     Th(>y  put  in  at  Nor- 


1  See  Sketch  355. 


38 


DESCENDANTS    OF    Wll.I.lAAI FdlHTII    OKNKRATKiN. 


folk,  but  soon  sailed  to  Charleston.  While  at  Charleston,  he  was 
made  a  Lieutenant  of  a  company  of  Dragoons,  und(M-  the  cojnmand 
of  Colonel  Campbell.  During  this  campaign,  ho  was  in  many 
perilous  adventures  and  battles,  and  always  deported  himself  with 
signal  gallantry  and  bravery.  Towards  the  (uul  of  1782,  t\w  r(>gi- 
ment  was  ordered  to  St.  Augustine,  Florida,  to  gaiTison  that  place, 
and  remained  there  till  peace  was  declared  in  178;^.  In  April,  of 
that  year,  he  obtained  leave  of  absence  to  visit  New  York,  where 
he  anived  in  May.  Obtaining  permission  from  Lord  Howe,  he 
went  to  Danbury,  where  he  arrived  on  20th  May,  and  was  heartily 
received  by  his  friends  and  I'elatives.  His  father  now  became  rec- 
onciled to  his  marriage  with  the  lady  of  his  clioice,  and  arrange- 
ments were  soon  made  for  the  wedding,  but  the  prejudice  against 
him  as  a  loyalist  ran  so  high  that  he  was  again  subjected  to  great 
annoyance,  and  threatened  with  personal  violence,  in  ct)nsequence 
of  which,  his  marriage  was  cele])rated  in  private,  in  the  presence 
of  a  few  friends.  He  was  compelled  to  leave  for  New  York,  where 
his  wife  shortly  after  joined  him.  His  pre-eminence  sis  a  loyalist  ren- 
dered his  stay  in  New  York  uncomfortable,  and  he  soon  resolved 
to  join  his  regiment.  His  father  came  to  N(nv  York  and  returned 
home  with  his  wife,  and  he  soon  set  sail  for  St.  Augustine,  wh((re 
his  stay  was  short,  for  the  British  troops,  under  the  treaty  of  peace, 
soon  evacuated  that  place,  and  in  October.  1783,  sailecl  foi-  Halifax. 
His  regiment  was  soon  disbanded,  and  he  returned  to  New  Y'ork, 
where  he  arrived  on  the  day  the  Britisli  army  left  that  city.  Tjicu- 
tenant  Jarvis  made  up  his  mind  to  return  to  Halifax  to  reside,  and 
immediately  applied  to  General  Washington  for  a  permit  to  go  into 
the  coimtry  to  visit  his  friends.  General  Washington  received 
him  kindly,  but  could  not  give  him  the  permit,  as  he  had  n^signed 
his  commission;  he  however  gave  the  young  officer  directions  how 
to  accomplish  his  object.  After  a  few  days  delay  in  New  Yoi'k,  ht; 
supplied  himself  with  a  stock  of  tea  and  sugar  for  the  winter,  and 
left  for  Reading,  Conn.,  where  he  met  his  wife  in  the  family  of  his 
brother,  and  with  her  proceeded  to  Danbury,  whei*e  they  spent  the 
winter  in  quiet.  Early  in  the  spring  of  1 7  84,  he  was  again  sub- 
jected to  personal  annoyance,  and  threatened  with  violence.  He 
remained  in  Danhuiy,  however,  till  liis  wife  recoverc^l  from  her 
confnifment.  Leaving  his  wife  and  infant  daughter  with  his  father, 
he  sailed  for  St.  John,  and  thence  to  Fredericton,  when^  he  pur- 
chased some  land,  and  made  arrangements  for  building  a  house 
for  his  future  residence  in  the  coming  spring.     He  soon  returned 


I 


DKSCENDANT8   OP   WILLIAM FOURTH    GKNERATION. 


39 


1 


to  St.  John,  and  spent  some  time  with  his  uncle  (Munson  Jarvis), 
who  was  engajyed  in  business  as  a  hardware  merchant.  He  not 
long  afterwards  .«^ailed  for  Connecticut  in  a  vessel  belonging  to  his 
uncle,  and  liuuling  at  Stamfoi'd,  immediately  hired  ahorse,  and  the 
same  day  set  olf  to  join  his  wife;  and  child,  whom  he  found  at 
Newtown.  iVfter  a  short  visit  with  his  relatives  and  friends  at 
Danbury,  he  went  with  his  family  to  Reading  and  took  up  his  win- 
ter quarters  witli  his  brother. 

Early  in  the  spring  of  178."),  he  loft  Reading,  and  on  1.5th  June, 
with  liis  family,  landed  at  Fredericton  with  only  one-half  guinea  in 
liis  pui-se,  and  one  year's  half  pay  to  draw  for  his  current  expenses. 
At  St.  John,  he  purchased  a  sir.all  stock  of  goods  from  his  uncle, 
which  lu;  took  to  Fi-edericton.  His  house  was  not  yet  built,  and 
himself,  wife,  and  child  suffered  great  privations  till  October,  when 
he  got  into  his  new  house.  He  resided  in  this  place  from  178")  to 
1800,  and  during  this  long  residence  he  held  successively  the  com- 
mission of  Captain,  Major  of  Brigade,  Deputy  Adjutant-Genei-al, 
and  Lieutenant  Colonel,  besides  the  office  of  Post-master.  He  was 
prosperous  in  his  business,  and  acquired  considerable  real  estate, 
Init  met  with  some  heavy  losses.  In  1807  an  engagement  took  place 
betw(H'n  a  British  vessel  and  theXInit(Hl  States  ship  "Chesapeake." 
which  threatened  a  rupture  between  the  two  governments.  Colo- 
nel Jarvis  immediately  tendered  his  services  in  case  of  necessity, 
which  were  thankfully  received  and  accepted,  but  when  the  militia 
was  (tailed  out,  another  officer  was  placed  in  com  nand.  This  slight 
so  exasp(>rated  (\jl()nel  Jarvis,  that  he  determined  to  leave  the 
Province  and  move  to  [ -pper  Canada.  For  this  purpose  he  visited 
that  Province,  and  decided  to  .settle  at  York.  He  at  once  returned 
to  New  Brunswick,  and  commenced  arranging  his  business  prepar- 
atory to  removal.  His  friends  at  first  were  opposed  to  this  step, 
but,  finally,  consinitiul,  and,  leaving  Fredericton  on  .TOth  June,  1809. 
after  a  long  and  weary  journey,  stopping  at  Quebec  and  Montreal, 
arrived  at  York  on  the  28th  August.  On  his  way,  he  left  his 
youngest  daughter  at  Quebec,  where  she  married  Major  Maule,  of 
the  104th  regiment.  At  Montreal  he  purchased  supplies  for  house- 
keeping. A  t  York  he  engaged  in  a  public  office  at  £  1 00  per  annum, 
utitil  he  could  got  a  location  of  1,200  acres  of  Government  lands 
for  himself,  and  four  hundred  acres  for  his  oldest  son.  The  pur- 
chase of  his  house  and  furniture,  and  fees  for  locating  his  lands 
exhausted  all  his  ready  money,  and  his  half  pay  and  small  salary 
of  £100  were  all  the  means  of  support  until  the  war  of  1812,  when 


40 


DK8CENDANT8   OF   WII-UAM FOUHTIl    OKNKIUTION. 


the  AiiuM'icans  invaded  Canada.  During  the  war  he  supported  his 
family  upon  these  sources  of  income,  and  some  commissioi's  which 
he  rec(nved  for  the  management  of  estates  of  non-residents. 

He  was  again  appointed  Adjutant-General  of  the  militia,  and 
served  until  York  was  captured  by  the  United  States  troops  and 
he  V.  as  tak(Mi  prisoner.  After  the  capture  of  York,  he  retired  from 
his  military  duty,  and  engaged  in  business  as  a  commission  broker, 
and  was  successful  in  his  new  avocaticm.  Having  acquired  a 
capital  of  iiaOO,  he  purchased  goods  in  Montreal  and  commenced 
business  in  Toronto  as  a  merchant;  but  the  peace  of  1815  found 
him  in  possession  of  a  large  stock,  upon  which  the  depreciation 
was  so  great  that  he  was  bligc^d  to  sell  all  his  real  estate  to  pay 
off  his  debts,  and  he  wa.s  again  reduced  to  his  half-pay  for  the 
support  of  his  family.-  Upon  the  I'etirement  of  Governor  Gore, 
Colonel  Smith  succeeded  him  as  Administrator  of  the  Government, 
who  gave  his  old  friend,  Colonel  Jarvis,  the  Registry  Office  of  the 
Home  District,  with  C150  per  annum;  which,  with  the  salary  of 
his  youngest  son  (£150)  made  his  annual  incimie  £300,  and 
enabled  him  to  ])rovide  a  (comfortable  house  and  lot,  and  he  and 
his  son  lived  together  till  181!5,  when,  at  the  age  of  69,  his  health 
failed  him,  and  it  became  necessary  that  he  should  change  his 
mode  of  life.  He  thei'efore  offered  to  resign  his  office  in  favor  of 
his  son.  This  was  objected  to,  but  with  the  consent  of  the  govern- 
ment, his  son  (effected  an  exchange  of  offices  with  the  High  Sheriff, 
to  whom  Colonel  Jarvis  resigned  his  office  as  Registrar,  and  his 
son,  William  Botsford  Jarvis,  became  High  Sheriff.  At  the 
advanced  age  of  70,  Colonel  Jarvis  retired  from  active  life,  and,  in 
the  enjoynuMit  of  good  health,  lived  among  his  children  till  his 
death  at  Toronto  in  1840,  aged  84  years. 

Colonel  Jarvis  was  possessed  of  a  noble  nature,  genial  disposi- 
tion, and  elegant  manners.  True  to  his  convictions,  he  was  firm 
and  decided  in  his  intercourse  among  men.  As  a  soldier  he  was 
generous  and  brave,  and  in  all  the  thi'illing  incidents  of  his  long 
and  eventful  life,  h(>  never  stooped  to  evasive  or  dishonoi'able  con- 
duct. Thougli  sometimes  impulsive,  his  religious  convictions  were 
firmly  settled,  and  exerted  a  controlling  influence  over  all  his 
actions.— [See  Sketch  90.] 

TO. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  RemarlvS. 

SaniuolJarvis,   Oct.^20,  1758    May   23,  1839    Dec.  7.  1780. 
217  Al)if?iiil  Saiiford.    " 
8  children. 


■m 


RIHHM 


DKS0KNDANT8   OP   WILLIAM— FOUHTH   GENERATION. 


41 


No.  Name. 

818  Saimiol 


:f 


Born.  Died. 

July  28,  1783    June  22,  IS.")! 

219  Abisiiil,  )  July  28,  1782    Mch.  12,  1808 

220  Beiij.  Sturi,'c.s,    April  13, 1784    Dec.   24,  1840 

221  p]li  Starr,  Jan.   23,  1780 

223  Henry,  April  30, 1788    Mch.  19,  1842 

223  Sarah,  Aug.  24,  1791 

224  Win.  Augustus,  Dec.  19,  1793 
22.')  Amelia,  Mch.    3.  1790 


Married  or  Remarkp. 
Twias. 


Mch.  11,  1811. 


Nov.    6,  1871 


Mary  Jarvia, 
230  John  Uidcr, 
9  children. 

227  John, 

228  Mary  (Polly), 
239  Stephen, 

830  Haehel, 
331  Ralph, 

232  George, 

233  Wni.  JFarvey, 
834  Hannah, 

235  Cliarlcs, 


Nov.  20,  1700  Sept.  20,  1843 
Mch.  38,  1701  Jan.  15,  1833 


Dec.  2,  1784 
Sept.  31,  1780 
Nov.  1,  1788 
Sept.  11,  1790 
July  11,  1793 
June  9,  1790 
i  Aug.  4,  1798 
>  Aug.  4,  1798 
Jan.  24,  1801 


Sept.  20,  1849 
Feb.  5,  1801 
Sept.  1804 
June  14,  1865 
Aug.  37,  1841 
Oct.  1843 
Oct.  11,  1854  Twins. 
June  1868 
Nov.    1870 


•y^. 


Rachel  Jarvis,    Oct.    12,  1703    Feb.   37  1840 
830  Sol.  Hitchcock,!  Sept.  14,  1877    Buried  Sharon,  Ct. 

0.7  f  "^"!'  ?■'''''  ^"-  ^^'  ^^^^    J*^"-    -3'  1810    January,  1783. 
-37  Francis  Knapp,  1765    Jan.    11,  1834 

10  children. 

238  William  Jarvis.  Oct.     5,  1783    Dec.  10,  1831    Lydia  Davey,  Gt.  Bar- 

239  Fanny,  Sept.    7,  1785    Oc't.    37   1807        ""^''''"'  ^^^"''• 

240  Comfort  Starr,  Oct.    18,1787    July  37.  1805    Dec.  25, 1810;  Oct.  23. 

1810. 

Oct.   20.  1789    Feb.    19,  1814    Cook  Taylor 

April   0,  1793  isi2. 

Aug.  11,  1794    Jan.   30.  1819    Pynchon  of  Great  Bar- 

rington,  Mass.t 
June  11,1797    July  25,  1829    Quigley  of  Clevland, 

Aug.  30,  1800  ^'^'"• 


241  Emma, 
342  Amelia, 

243  Rebecca, 

244  Evelina, 
345  AbigallJ.,*! 


'  Hadastep  daughter  (Sarah),  who  married  Rev.  Geo.  B.  Andrews,  D.D. 
an  Episcopal  clergyman.     He  died  at  AVappinger  Falls 

fnlit'T'^  "^"^r'f  ^'''-  "'''*^'  ""^  ^°'"»  ^'"^'""^'  d«P«t  "ff«"t  at  Housa- 
tonic,  Mass.     Had  two  children,  Stephen  Starr  and  Sarah  Maria 

6 


Il        ! 


42 


UKHOKNDANTS   OF    WILMAM — KOUKTy    OKNKltATION. 


•/    i 


■  8"' 


No.         Name.  Born.  Died. 

240  Goorgc  F.,  Jan.   34,  1003    Jan.   14,  1875 

247  Harriet  Lowndes,  Aug.  27, 1805 

Betsey  .lurvis,''  Aug.  11,  1700    May   80,1813 

248  Jc(l.Welluiau,.Tr.,='l)ee.ll,1702  Feb.      3.  1858 

5  chiklniu. 

249  Wm.  Watson,    Aug.    5,  1703    July  23,  1870 

350  Caroline,  1795  1835 

351  Betsey  Ann,  1799 

253  Twin  brother,  )  1804      In  infancy. 

353  Frederieli,        )  1804  1835 


'S. 


Married  or  Kumarks. 

AprillO,  1834,  toA.A. 
C!urtis. » 

(Mias.  Lewis  of  No. Ca- 
naan.    Mociiildrcn. 


1791 

Born  Danvers,  Mass. 

April  13,  1817. 

Nov.  3,  1833. 

Drowned  inCJidf  Mex- 
iii),  otr  Bio  Grande. 


May  33.  1708    May    14,  1854 
Hept.  13,  1771     Dee.   15,  1838 


Eli  Jarvis, 

354  Polly  Bull, 

9  (children. 

355  Adaline  Ursula, 'Feb.  9,1800 

350  Mary  Amelia,     June  30,  1801     May     4,  1843 

357  William  Bull,     Oet.    13,  1803    Oct.    31,  1871 

358  Julia  Ann,  Mch.  30,  1803     Sept.    8,  1804 

359  Jidia  Ann  3d,     April  13,  1800 


Sarah  Lawson  of  Po'- 
kcepsie.     One  dau. 

John  Barlow.  Had  3 
sons,  William  Henry 
and  Geo.  Jarvis. 


1  Had  two  sons,  T.  S.  and  Geo.  Fraiuus. 

'■^  Betsey  died  in  New  York,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Paul's  churchyard 
near  the  northwest  corner  of  the  church. 

*  He  married  for  his  S(!cond  wif<^  the  widovvof  Wooster  Camiiof  Ib'ook- 
field,  Conn.  She  died  in  1839.  He  died  at  his  dauiiliter's  (Mrs.  Camp)  at 
Marietta,  Jackson  Co.,  Michigan,  Feb.  3,  1858,  aged  95  years,  1  month,  and 
30  days. 

■•  Adaline  niarri>'d  Zachariaii  Da}'  Ftdler  of  l\ent.  Her  second  iiushand 
was  Frederick  Mesick.     Has  one  daughter,  .Mary  Ingraham  Fuller. 

We  extract  the  following  interesting  anecdote  of  Revolutionary  times, 
from  a  letter  written  by  Mrs.  Mesick,  who  says  that  she  has  often  heaid 
her  Jather  relate  it:  "On  the  day  before  tiie  British  came  into  Danl)ury, 
my  father,  who  was  then  but  ten  years  old,  yoked  the  oxen  before  the 
carl  and  look  the  family  and  all  Vidual)les  to  a  place  called  the  Boggs, 
Ave  miles  out  on  a  small  farm  belonging  to  nij- grandfather,  and  thereby 
escaped  the  horrors  which  tho.^e  who  renuxined  witnessed.  There  were  a 
numlier  of  houses  binned,  but  they  did  not  disturb  my  grandfallier,  except 
to  steal  his  saddle  and  break  a  looking-gla.ss.  They  called  him  a  Tory. 
The  Ei)iscopul  church  was  tilled  with  pork  and  provisions,  and  set  on  fire, 
and  the  grease  ran  in  the  street  like  water."     [See  sketch  69.] 


If!| 


DKPOKNDANTH    OF    WII.I,IAM — POIRTII    OKNKHATION.  43 

>»"•  Niimc.  norii.  Dlp.i.  M.nii.Ml  or  Honmilo.. 

2(iO  f'liirrWoliinson.'Ocf.    ;il,  1808 

SOI   Sl<|)licii  iSlarr.      Dec,  2r,,  1811  Nov.  24,  18a/5. 

363  Hamh  IFifclioook,  Jan.   H,  181  J} 

203  InfanI,  Dpc.   17,  1810 


Betsey  Jarvis, 
364  Jacdl)  f)Hl)oni, 

8  cliildreii. 
205  Lewis, 
300  Frederick, 
20T  .Maria, 

268  William, 

300  Cliarles, 

370  Geo.  Oglevie, 

371  ({eoriTc, 
272  Kli/.a  Ann, 


Hept.  10,  1701     Oet.  1837 

Sept.  30,  1757     Oct.    IH.  1814 

■Ian.    30,  1788 

Sept,.  13,  1785    Aufi;.  80,  180,'} 

May   20,  1788    Mcli.  28.  1807     Meli.24.1811.t,)  Eseek 

Kelioo-n;. 
•f'""'    'M7!)0  1807    April8.  18l4,to.Iemi- 

Ina  I\('l]o!::<^, 
Aug.  17,  ]71»2    Meh.  18,  180!)     Mav,  1810;  Apr   1H2» 
Feb.  28,  1795    Meh.    8,  17i)0 
Nov.  21.  1707    Jan.    10,  1708 
April  20,  1802  Jarol)  Daueliy. 


SI 


278 

374 
375 
376 


278 
270 
280 
381 


Samuel  Jarvis,     Sept.  10,  1704 
Pereey  IJauny, 

8  children. 
Julia  Ann, 
lliiiuiah, 
Ann  Eliza, 


Mary, 
Aniieliiia, 
Auirusta, 
VVillet, 
Harriet  Amelia, 


June  10,  1852     1708. 
Dec.     8,  1800     • 

1800       In  infancy. 

1803     Meh.  27,  1855    1887.  Dr.  Wriijlit. 

l*^""^  Meh.  2!».  1850,?o  Dud- 

ley ("hapinan. 

1800  I),.,..  12^  jrt88. 

1808  Meh.  18,  1800  1844. 

1^11  1888. 

18l:i  Anna  Miles. 

1818    Auu.  37,  180!)     1841,  to  Dr.   S.   Han 

iiahs. 


282 

288 
284 
285 
380 
287 


William  Jarvis,   Jan.    12,  1771     April   2,  1«47 
Mara-.  HI  Mot  Amos,  Apr.  2,  1708     June  20,  1808 

7  children. 
Jiine  Mercer,        Feb.   25.1818     Feb.   10,1840 
Geo.  William,      July  17.  1810 
Charles  Mercer,  June  14,  1821     Sept.  20.  1822 
Mary  Elizabeth,  Dec.  32,  1834 
Walter  Scott,       Meh.  14,  1837 


'  Married  Maria  B- 


Had  OIK!  son,  Homer  Sturtcvant.     His  .second 


Wife  was  Kbza  Crosley.     Had  one  datighler,  Maria  Eliza 


44 


DK«CKN'I)ANT«    OF    WIM.IAM — FOt7|ITTI    OKNKHATION. 

Died.  Married  or  UumnrkM. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

2H8  Miirgiiret  Kmmn.Fol).     7,  1831» 

28i>  Annii.  Dec.     0,  18;»2     Mfli.  14.  iHSii 

Niithnn  Jiirvi.s,     Jim.    11),  1778     Aiig,   10.  18«2     1802. 
2fl0  nclsySiindford,  Nov.  25,  1782     Sept         18«4 

1 1  cliildrcn. 
2fll  Fml'kSaiuUord.Nov.  25,  180;j 


21)2  Mary  Ann, 
21)3  Elizabeth, 


Oet.     «,  1805 
Sept.  11.  1807 


Sept.,  1885,  to  Nancy 

llubltard. 
Nov.  2.  18U0.  toSani'l 

(!lnir('h. 
Apr.  20.  18:}2.  to  Sol. 

C.  Taylor. 


204  Jane  Maria,         Nov.  28.  1808    Oct.    10,  1807 

205  William  Henry,  June    0.  1810     Aug.  12,  181!? 

200  E.sther  liUn-etia,  Feb.     4,  18i:j  Deo.  30, 1838,  to  Wm. 

St.  John. 
21)7  Rachel,  Jan.    20,1815  Junc2!),1840.to  Hrad- 

ley  ().  Hanks. 
208  William  Oliver.  Nov.  28,  1810     April25,  1847    April.  1840,  to  Sarah 

Mitehell. 
200  Catharine,  Sept.  12.  1818 

300  John  Henry,        -Mch.  18,  1821 

301  Charles,  Aug.  10,  1820  To  Margaret  Baker. 


n 


•III!    ■: 


88. 

Samuel  Farmar 
Jarvis,'  Jan.    20,1780     Meh.  20,  1851    July  3,  1810. 

302  Sarah  McCurdy 

Hart,'  "  1787    Dec.  28,  1803 

0  children. 

303  John  Abram.       Mch.    5.  1814    June    2,  1834    Midship.  U,  S.  N. 

d.  in  Marseilles. 

304  Jeanette  Hart,      Aug.  10.  1810 

305  Ann  Christina 

Farmar.  Meh.  18,  1810 

300  Samuel  Farmar,  Aug.    0,  1823     Dec.         1823 

307  Samuel  Farmar, 

2d,  Aug.    3,  1825 

808  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Marie  Antoi- 
nette, June    2,  1827 


m.  O.  H.  I.,oomis. 
Dec.  1845. 

Aug.  25,  ia58. 

June  5,  1840. 


'  Interred  in  vault  in  Trinity  church-yard,  New  York. 
•Interred  in  Hart  plat,  Saybrook,  Conn. 


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45 


Samuel  Farmar  Jarvis. 

[Tlic  following  skefcL  of  llic  life  of  tbc  Rev.  Dr.  Ssimuel  Parmer  Jarvis, 
was  written  for  his  work  '>y  tiic  Ut.  itov.  .Tolni  Williams,  D.I).,  IJishopof 
(/'onncclicut,  who  was  the  pn])il  in  lhook"/v  of  Dr.  Jarvis,  afterwards  iiis 
assistant  in  the  church  at  Midd'etown,  anil  his  most  intimate,  loved,  and 
trusted  friend.] 

Samuel  Farmar  Jarvis  was  horn  at  Middlctown,  Connecticut, 
Jan.  20,  1786.  He  was  the  second  and  only  surviving  son — the 
youngest  child — of  the  Rt.  Rev.  AVjraharn  Jsirvis,  the  second  Bishop 
of  Connecticut.  At  .he  time  of  his  birth  his  father  was  rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Miildlctowr  a  position  which  he  held  from  1764  to 
179<). 

The  early  studies  of  Mr.  Jarvis  wen^  under  his  fatlujc's  roof  and 
instruction.  But  in  1798  he  was  put  under  tlu;  care  of  that  distin- 
guished scholar  and  instructor,  Dr.  John  Bowden,  at  Cheshire  Acad- 
emy. He  entered  Yale  College  in  1802,  becoming  a  member  of 
the  sophomore  class,  and  was  graduated  with  honors  in  1805. 

The  late  Professor  nilliman  says  of  him:  "I  was  alisent  in  Kng- 
land  during  most  of  the  year  (hat  he  graduat(!d,  but  I  have  a  dis- 
tinct recollection  of  him  as  .\  superior  scholar,  especial!}'  in  classical 
literature."  And  a  classmate,  Dr.  J.  M.  Whiton,  bears  similar  testi- 
mony. "  In  all  tin  departments  of  learning  he  was  highly  respect- 
able, but  excelled  most  in  belles-lettres.  Tn  strength  of  intellect 
he  was  p<)8sibly  cx-'eeded  by  sonu;  in  the  c'''ss;  in  deliciacyof  taste, 
in  incessant  diligence,  and  patience,  of  investigation,  i»y  none." 
Most  truly  and  entirely  was  "  the  boy  the  father  of  the  man." 

He  was  oi'dained  to  'he  diaconate  l)y  his  father,  in  Trinity 
Church,  New  Haven,  Mtv'ch  «,  1810,  and  advanced  to  the  priest- 
hood in  the  same  chu.ch,  April  f),  181 1.  His  earliest  pai'ochial 
charge  was  St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale,  in  tlu;  diocese  of  New 
York;  this  chai'ge  was  assumed  by  iiin  in  the  same  year  in  which 
he  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood,  s^nd  he  held  if  in  conjunction 
with  the  rectorshii)  of  St.  James's  Church — which  ho  took  in  1813 
till  May  1810.  He  resigned  this  double  cure  in  ordtM-  to  accept  a 
professorship  in  theCeneral  TlHM)logical  Seminary,  then  established 
in  the  city  of  New  V'ork.  Of  his  occupancy  (.1  this  professorship 
one  has  well  said,  "  This  jvost  he  occupied  but  a  short  time,  but 
those  who  sat  under  his  instructions  at  that  day,  still  bear  lively 
witness  to  his  ripe  scholarship,  his  entire  devotion  to  the  duties  of 
his  profession,  ^  '  •  warm  sympathies  with  his  ptipils.  the  dignity 
nn»l  gracefulius.  of  manners  which   marked   his  intercourse  with 


I  A't-i'  * 


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DESCENDANTS   OF   WILLIAM FOURTH    GENERATION. 


!|ii{ 


all,  and  which,  we  may  add,  he  never  laid  aside,  but  carried  with 
him  to  the  close  of  his  life." 

In  1820  he  was  called  to  be  the  first  rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Boston,  and  here  he  remained  till  1826.  Up  to  the  time  of  his 
going  to  Boston,  the  most  important  of  his  pvi})li('ations  were,  a 
sermon  on  the  unity  of  the  church,  1816;  a  letter  to  the  chiefs  of 
the  Onondaga  Indians,  1817;  and  a  di'^course  on  the  religion  of  the 
Indian  tril)es  of  North  America,  1819.  During  his  residence  in 
Boston,  he  was  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Gospel  Advocate,  established 
in  1821.  Among  liis  many  valuable  contributions  to  this  periodi- 
cal, liis  review  of  Mi".  Wel)ster's  oration  at  I'lymouth  deserves 
especial  notice.  It  was  one  of  the  earliest  attempts  to  confront  tlie 
ruritan  romance  with  the  facts  of  i  -.ory.  He  also  published,  in 
1822,  a  sermon  on  regeneration,  which  is  worthy  to  rank  with 
Waterland's  Treatise  on  that  subject. 

In  1826  he  resigned  his  rectorship,  and  went,  witli  his  fimily,  to 
Europe,  where  he  remaincMl  nine  years,  till  1835.  It  was  during 
these  years  that  he  collected  that  noble  library  which  so  markedly 
exhibited  his  exter.sive  learning,  and  thorough  knowledge  of  books, 
'i'lie  writer  of  this  sketch  well  remembers  the  eager  delight  with 
which  the  late  (chancellor  Kent,  (m  one  occasion,  lookel  over  its 
stores,  and  the  pleasure  he  oxiiressed  on  taking  into  his  hands  the 
copy  of  the  Theodosian  (?ode,  used  by  (iibbou  in  writing  his  great 
history. 

Dr.  Jarvis — f(jr  that  title  had  been  deservedly  ct)nl'erred  on  him 
bv  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1819 — gave  most  of  his  time 
in  Europe  to' study  "with  a  view  of  qualifying  himself  more  per- 
fectly for  works  which  he  had  projected  for  the  beiu'dt  of  the 
C^hurch." 

This  did  noc,  however,  withdraw  him  from  ministerial  duty  when 
the  opportunity  for  it  came.  He  officiated  in  public  services  an- 1 
pastoral  work  in  dilTenmt  [)laces.  And  from  one  congregation, 
esiK>cially,  he  receivcni  as  a  testimony  to  his  faithful  care,  a  beauti- 
fully wrought  paten  and  chalice,  which  are  now  in  the  possession 
of  his  son. 

Six  years  of  his  stay  abroad  were  sjjent  in  Italy;  and  from  his 
habits  of  careful  and  systematic  observation,  and  the  opportunities 
of  acquaintance  and  intercourse  with  scholars  and  ecclesiastics,  they 
led  to  a  thoiougli  and  intelligent  comprehension  of  the  social  and 
religious  condition  of  the  continent  of  Europe.  No  man  of  his  own 
time  was,  few  men  of  any  time  have  been,  better  informed  than 


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47 


he  was  in  all  matters  relating  to  the  practical  working  of  the  Eiomon 
Church. 

Returning  to  his  native  country  in  1 835,  he  at  once  assunried  the 
position  of  professor  of  Oriental  Ijiterature  in  Trinity  College;  padd- 
ing to  tlie  duties  of  his  professorship  the  care  of  two  or  three  stu- 
dents in  theology.  A  sermon  on  Christian  Unity,  preached  before 
the  Board  of  Missions  in  183('),  and  an  address  to  tlie  citizens  of 
Hartford  on  Birthday  of  Linnieus,  in  the  same  year,  were  liis  prin- 
cipal pul)lications  during  his  tenure  of  office  in  'I'rinity  t'oUege. 
He  was,  however,  especially  in  the  r(«earchos  connected  with  the 
elaborate  and  valuable  notes  Vi  the  sermon  abovc^  numtioned,  con- 
tinuing his  careful  and  thorough  preparation  for  his  pi'oposcd  his- 
torical work. 

In  1837,  he  resigned  his  professorshij/,  and  beiiaine  rector  of 
Christ  Church  in  his  nativ(j  town,  and  in  tlie  same  year  received 
from  Trinity  College  the  degree  of  LTi.!).  In  1838,  iie  was 
appointed  by  the  GeniMjd  ( 'onvention,  liist<iriogra|.,her of  the  Church, 
and  began  to  bring  his  previous  and  |)rcparaiory  labors  into  actual 
shape.  lie  was,  however,  so  thoroughly  conscic^itioas,  and  enter- 
tained so  high  a  sense  of  what  an  author  owes  to  his  readers,  that 
he  could  not  work  rapidly.  One  who  knew  him  intimately  says: 
"  I  once  ventured  to  e.vpostulate  with  him  on  the  iinmense  hd)or  he 
went  tiirough  with  in  revei'ifying  refen  nces.  But  his  reply  was, 
that  a  writer  was  l)ound,  at  whatever  expense  of  time  and  exertion, 
not  only  to  avoid  second-hand  references,  but  also  to  insure  abso- 
lute correctness.  It  was  a  ccmscience  with  him  '  Sucli  pains- 
taking honesty,  which  spai'es  no  labor  ami  shrinks  from  no  burden, 
is  not,  perhaps,  populai'ly  esteemed  in  our  day,  but  it  will  always 
receive  the  rev(U'ent  honor  of  the  "  fit  audience  though  few."' 

"Dr.  Jarvis  felt  that  in  writing  T.k*  history  of  the  Church,  two 
points  demanded  his  first  attention:  one,  to  trace  the  development 
of  the  Plan  of  Redemption  previous  to  the  Nativity  of  Christ-  and 
then  to  ascertain  the  e.xact  dates  of  His  Birth  and  J)eath."  He 
turned  his  attention  first  to  the  second  of  these  topics,  and  his  labors 
resulted  in  A  Chronological  Introduction  to  the  History  of  the 
Church,  publishefl  in  1845.  Wh(>ther  the  conclusions  of  this  work 
are  or  are  not  accepted,  no  one  can  fail  to  rtn-ognisce  the  amount  of 
laborious  research  and  the  exten<hMl  learning  which  it  exhibits. 
It  has  been  said  that  when,  on  its  reception  in  the  mother  country, 
the  question  was  asked,  at  O.'iford,  "  Who  shall  review  it?  "  one 
who  had  been  examining  it  replied,  '■  There  are  but  two  men  in 
England  who  are  capable  of  reviewing  it." 


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y  1  'ii 


Several  years  before  the  publication  of  this  volume — in  1842 — 
Dr.  Jarvis  had  resigned  the  rectorship  of  the  parish  in  Middletown. 

He  spoke  of  "domestic  calamities"' as  the  chief  cause  of  his 
resignation.  Of  these  no  more  nee'  here  be  said — though  so 
much  could  be  said — than  that  in  the  investigation  which  grew 
out  of  them,  the  truly  high-minded  and  honorable  chairman  of  the 
investigating  committee  declared  that ''lie  had  never  known  a 
public  man  pass  through  such  an  onh^al  so  perfectly  unscathed." 

His  release  from  pniochial  charge  did  not,  however,  leave 
Dr.  Jarvis  free  to  proseiiute  his  liistori(;al  lal'ors  without  interrup- 
tion. There  were  calls  made  upon  him  in  various  directions,  and 
.  tliose  calls  involved  loss  of  time  in  answering  them. 

He  was  a  trustee  of  Trinity  College,  and  of  the  General  Theo- 
logical Seminary;  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Christian  Knowl- 
edge Society;  a  member  and  seci'etary  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  Conuecticiu;  and  a  deputy  from  ^hai.  Diocese  to  the 
General  Conventions  of  1844,  1847,  and  1850. 

Then,  his  easiness  of  access,  and  tlui  leadiness  with  which  he 
responded  to  all  calls  upon  his  time  and  pen,  led  to  man}-  other 
interruptions  of  his  labors.  ''  Now  he  was  called  ofF  to  write  a 
book  or  a  pamphlet  on  the  Roman  controversy;  now  to  prepare  a 
sermon  on  some  specially  important  topic;  and  con',  inually  to  reply 
to  letters  asking  advice  or  information,  in  doing  which  he  was 
obliged  to  enter  on  laborious  researches,  and  to  ^am  up  results  in 
an  elaborate  way."  During  the  }i(U'iod  now  und(>r  review,  besides 
sermons  printed  in  this  country  and  in  l^higland, .  he  published 
Discoui'ses  on  Prophecy,  with  an  Appendix,  being  a  refutation  of 
Millerism,  1843;  No  Union  with  Rome,  1843;  an  edition  of 
Dr.  Hartwell  Home's  Mariolatry,  1844;  A  Synoptical  Table  of 
Egyptian  and  Sacred  History^  1846;  The  Colonies  of  Heaven,  a 
Convention  Sermon,  1846;  A  Reply  to  Miluer's  End  of  Contro- 
versy, 1847;  and  A  Voice  from  Connecticut,  occasioned  by  the 
late  Pastoral  Letter  of  the  Bishop  of  North  Carolina,  1849.  And 
all  this  while  his  great  work  was  going  on,  so  that  Vol.  1  of  Ids 
proposed  History — The  Church  of  the  Redeemed — was  published 
in  1850. 

Nor  was  this  all.  Scarcely  "  had  he  resigned  his  charge  m 
Middletown  when  he  began  to  do  missionary  duty  at  a  small  sta- 
tion which  he  himself  established  in  the  neighborhood.  This  he 
continued  to  serve,  with  only  interruptions  occasioned  by  his  neces- 
sary absences,  till  withiu  a  few  months  of  his  death.     For  some 


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I  US 


Ista- 
he 

l)ine 


years,  he  usually  walked  the  distance  between  his  liome  and  this 
station — several  miles — undeterred  by  weather  or  any  other  cause." 

This  life  of  untiring  industry  and  conscientious  labor  went  on, 
with  no  continuous  interruption  but  that  of  a  visit  to  England  in 
1844,  until  1850.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year,  symptoms  of  dis- 
ease began  to  manifest  themselves.  No  treatment  succeeded  in 
removing  them,  and  he  died  at  Middletown,  March  26,  18.^)1. 

One  who  was  his  pupil,  and  who  was  honored  with  his  friend- 
ship, has  written  words  whi(;h  shall  close  this  brief  sketcli  of  a 
useful,  faitliful,  and  lionored  life. 

"As  a  preacher,  Dr.  Jarvis  was  remarkable  for  tlie  clear  and 
elegant  style  in  which  he  set  forth  weighty  truths.  Few  men  ever 
wrote  purer  English.  None  ever  put  more  matter  into  their  ser- 
mons. Ilis  manner  in  the  pulpit  was  grave  and  dignificHl.  He 
used  but  little  gesture,  though  tlie  tones  of  his  voice  were  earnest 
and  solemn. 

"Any  one  meeting  Di-.  Jarvis,  in  any  comj)any,  would  mark  him 
at  once  as  an  ecclesiastic  and  a  scholar,  and  would  be  attractiKl  l)y 
his  courteous  and  even  courtly  bearing.  Intercourse  and  famil- 
iarity 2>resen((!d  hiiu  as  one  of  tlu*  most  transparent  and  guileless 
of  men.  And  notwithstanding  the  bitter  trials  through  wluch  he 
passed,  and  the  harsh  lessons  which  he  learned  of  the  danger  of 
relying  on  anything  human,  he  retained  these  characteristics  to  the 
last.  '  I  would  rather,'  he  once  said  in  a  letter  to  me,  'be  deceived 
cv(!ry  hou)-  of  every  day,  than  to  live  in  such  a  state  of  suspicion 

and  distrust  of  everybody  as does.'    It  was  honest  sincerity  of 

I'eart  and  purpose,  anticipating  that  in  othei's  of  which  it  was  con- 
scious in  itself,  and  this  was  accompanied  with  a  most  complete 
submission  to  and  faith  in  tlio  will  and  wisdom  of  God.  T  had 
once  written  to  him  to  the  effect  that  he  seemed  to  have  attained 
entire  trust  in  God's  overruHng  care.  '  Not  entire,'  was  his  reply, 
'  for  then  I  should  not  only  be  submissive,  but  should  not  even  feel 
anxious:  this  I  have  ni')t  reached.' 

"It  wa?  I'ly  privilege  to  l)e  with  him  almost  constantly  during 
the  clovsing  scenes  of  his  life,  and  they  have  left  with  me  a  memory 
wh.ich  can  never  [lass  an'ay.  Sucli  details  are  too  sacred  to  be 
lightly  touched  for  tver)'  e}e,  or  s))oken  in  every  (^ar.  The  last 
Communion,  when  his  children  and  his  pupils  knelt  around  liis 
bed,  and  when  every  word  uf  prayer  and  praise  came  full  from 
his  wasted  lips,  was  a  service  froin  which  it  seemed  hard  to  come 
back  to  the  ordinary  things  of  life.     And  it.  was  easy  here,  as  at 


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DESCENDANTS   OP    WILLIAM — FOURTH   GENERATION. 


all  other  times,  to  see  his  hopes  and  comforts  were  found  only  in 
the  Merits  and  the  Blood  of  Him  whose  servan.  and  minister  he 


was. 


Dr.  Jarvis  was  married,  July  3,  1810,  to  Sarah  McCurdy, 
daughter  of  Elisha  Hart,  Esq.,  of  Saybrook.  Six  children  were 
the  issue  of  this  marriage. 

OO. 


No.           Name. 

Born. 

Died. 

Married  or  ReranrkB 

Noiih  Jurvis, ' 

July 

32,  1708 

Auf?.  11,  1843 

Mch.  17,  1791. 

310  Elizabeth  White,  Dec. 

13,  1770 

July  15,  1840 

9  chihlron. 

311  Kli/.ab(!i,h. 

Mch. 

8,  17C3 

Mch.  28.  1811. 

313  lluklah, 

Apr. 

9,  1794 

Sept.  18,  1837 

May   18,  181(i. 

313  James, 

Apr. 

31,  1796 

Feb.    3,  1844 

314  Le(}nui(l, 

June 

17,  1797 

Apr.    9,  1835 

315  Julia  Ann, 

Dee. 

14,  1799 

Mch.  19,  1878 

• 

Mcli.    "   1869. 
Thomas  B(!sant 

316  Mary  Estlier, 

Sei)t. 

3,  1803 

Jan.    34,  1861 

317  Elijah  AHuirt, 

Oct. 

6,  1804 

Juno    5,  18(i4 

318  Gcorjfc, 

8ept. 

n,  1808 

Jan.      7,  1835 

319  Chas.  Ahrahani 

.Oct. 

36.  1810 

Nov.  33,  1866 

NoAii  Jarvis 

Was  born  in  Norwalk,  Conn.,  July  22,  1768. 

His  noble  qualities  of  mind  and  heart,  conspicuous  in  his  domes- 
tic relations,  could  only  be  realized  by  an  inmate  of  his  family. 
In  that  charmed  circle  ho  was  ever  the  kind  and  tlevoted  husband, 
the  alfectionate  father,  the  guide  and  protector  of  his  children, 
beloved  and  venerated  by  them  all.  Of  a  cheerful  and  genial  dis- 
position, the  youngest  child  could  approach  him,  as.sured  of  his 
parental  kindness  and  sympathy,  wliile  his  pure  example  and 
unaffcjcted  dignity  of  dt^portment  su{)i)ressed  all  undue  familiarity. 

Gifted  with  line;  conversational  powers,  he  had  a  keen  accuse  of 
wit  and  humor,  and  was  the  very  soul  of  that  inno(!ent  conviviality 
that  sheds  such  a  cheerful  influence  and  lustre  over  the  endear- 
ments of  home.  Although  dignilied  in  his  manner,  affable  and 
courteous  to  an  eminent  degree,  he  enjoyed  a  joke  immensely. 
He  was  a  true-hearted  American,  and  loved  the  land  of  his  birtli, 
the  glorious  land  of  Washington.  His  cousin.  Colonel  Stephc^i 
Jarvis,  was  a  staunch  Royalist,  and  after  seven  years'  service  in  the 
King's  army,  had  taken  up  his  x'esidence  in  Canada.     They  f re- 


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quontly  mot,  but  novor  without  an  interchango  of  Htmtimont  in 
regard  to  country  and  political  pniforcnce.  Thoir  criminationH  and 
recriininatioim  wore  aH  good-natured  as  they  wore  oarneat,  and  the 
laug]i  around  the  doinostic  circle  was  loud  and  hearty  at  the 
rattling  roniarks  and  jokes  made  at  the  oxponso  of  oacli  other. 

About  tli(i  year  1H2(),  the  Colonel  visited  his  "rebel"  cousin, 
Noali,  iind  Miey  had  a  very  inten;ating  time;  but  notwithstanding 
all  this  happiness  at  again  meeting  i^ach  other,  the  old  8u])ject  was 
revived  and  the  wordy  feud  went  on  with  the  same  earnestness 
and  good  nature  as  ever. 

It  was  in  the  <!ai'ly  morning,  the  old  topic  in  the  ascf^ndant,  when 
Noah,  anticipating  the  I'iiig  <>(  the  breakfast-bell,  askcMl  the  Cohjiiel 
if  he  ever  took  a  morning  bitter.  Tim  (-olonel  replied  that  he  did 
occasionally,  but  not  as  a  regular  thing,  lie  would,  however,  on 
this  particular  occasi(jii  be  gratified  to  join  his  cousin  in  a  friendly 
lilmtion.  Noah  led  him  into  his  parlor,  where  he  had,  hanging 
between  the.  windows,  (ilcgantly  framed  and  in  large,  bold  type, 
"The  Dkci.ahation  ok  Indki-kndkncik,."  lie  pcnnti.'d  it  out  to  the 
Colonel,  saying  as  he  ilid  so,  "Then*,  my  royal  (tousiii,  I  think,  is 
a  dram  bitter  enough  for  you.'"  The  Coloiiel  looked  at  it,  retorting 
good-naturedly,  ''llii!  ha!  that's  it,  is  it,  you  rebel?"  The  dram 
was,  indeed,  hi/In-  enough  for  the  palate  of  his  royal  cousin. 

Again,  in  the  summer  of  IS24.  the  ("olonel,  still  alive  to  his  old 
and  darling  subject,  wrote  to  his  "  n^bel "  cousin  a  letter,  in  which 
he  said  in  a  bold  hand,  "'i'his  is  the  birthday  of  my  royal  master. 
King  (reoi'ge  the  Third,"  giving  tin*  date,  also,  of  the  reign  of  his 
rcigal  majesty,  and  adding  some  very  laudatory  remarks  of  the 
ruling  monarch.  Noah  waitcid  to  reply  until  the  following  25th  of 
November,  when  he  wrote  to  his  rovalist  cousin  as  follows:  "This 
is  the  return  of  that  glorious  day  when  the  infernal  lobster-backs 
left  this  city  and  country,  thank  (iod,  never  to  return!"  And 
thus  went  on  this  pleasant  warfan*  until  1840,  when  the  good  old 
Colonel  "was  gathered  to  his  fathers." 

It  is  indeed  pleasant  to  review  the  character  of  ^uv\\  a  man  as 
the  subject  of  our  present  memoir,  a  man  so  universally  beloved 
and  respected,  one  who,  through  the  changing  scenes  of  a  busy 
life,  and  fluctuations  of  trade  and  commercial  interests,  never 
varied  from  the  strictest  ruU^s  of  honesty  and  integrity.  He  was 
a  man  of  fine  literary  attainments  and  cultivated  taste,  and  enjoyed 
the  society  of  men  of  culture  and  refinement.  He  was  a  sincere 
and  faithful  friend,  over  ready  to  help  the  deserving. 


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Soon  after  he  became  a  resident  of  New  York,  he  was  the 
trustee,  friend,  and  adviser  of  the  Patroon  of  Albany,  General 
Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  and  managed  his  large  estate,  scattered 
throughout  the  different  wards  of  the  city.  He  also  took  charge 
of  other  estates,  among  which  were  those  of  Gov.  Morgan  Lewis, 
and  the  Hon.  Robert  Kennedy  of  England. 

About  the  year  1811  he  received  the  appointment  of  Collector 
of  Assessments,  and  held  the  office  1 7  years.  He  collected  milhons 
of  money  with  such  fidelity  that,  on  the  resignation  of  his  office 
and  final  adjustment  of  his  accounts,  the  Board  of  Aldermen, 
through  an  appointed  committee,  resolved  to  cancel  the  bonds  that 
had  been  given  from  time  to  time  by  Mr.  Jarvis,  stating  "that 
having  been  debited  with  the  whole  amount  of  every  assessment 
placed  in  his  hands,  he  has  jjO'id  over  and  accounted  for  every  cent  of 
the  samej'^  They  did  this  to  show  their  perfect  satisfaction  with  his 
management  of  public  affairs  and  as  an  indorsement  of  his  unwav- 
ering integrity. 

The  following  extract  from  a  letter  of  a  relative  of  Mr.  Jarvis 
is  a  graceful  tribute  of  respect  to  his  uncle:  "1  well  remember 
uncle  Noah,  whom  I  have  always  considered  as  my  second  father, 
the  best  friend  I  ever  had,  and  how  gratified  he  was  with  the  act 
of  the  corporation  regarding  his  bonds.  1  cherish  a  grateful 
remembrance  of  his  partial  adoption  of  me,  his  starting  me  in 
business,  his  judicious  advice  and  his  continued  assistance  until  I 
was  able  to  take  care  of  myself." 

In  this  connection,  it  is  pleasant  to  recall  the  sterling  honesty 
and  integrity  of  his  son,  Charles  A.  Jarvis,  who,  in  his  business 
relations,  strongly  resembled  his  father.  Left  sole  executor  through 
the  death  of  the  two  seniors,  he  carried  out  the  spirit  of  his  father's 
will  to  the  letter,  never  deviating  through  all  the  fluctuations  of 
his  own  business,  nor  touching  a  dollar  through  all  the  commercial 
crises  that  were  so  often  trying  the  merchant  and  the  trader. 
Indeed,  by  his  careful  management  investments  were  more  than 
doubled  in  amount  and  value. 

Mr.  Noah  Jarvis  died  in  1842,  bequeathing  to  his  relatives  the 
richest  of  all  legacies,  a  good  name  and  an  unsullied  reputation. 


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No.  Name.  Born. 

Elijah  Jarvis,     Mch.  18,  1772 
320  Betsy  Chapman,  Mch.  24,  1772 
2  children. 


OS. 

Died.  Married  or  Keraurka. 

Oct.     5,  1801  ^  Buried  in  Poplar 
Oct.   12,  1801  (  Plains,  Westport,  Ct. 


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No.  Name.  Born.  Bied.  Married  or  Remarks. 

321  Elizabeth,  1798 

332  Nelson  Jarvis,    Aug.  15,  1800    Jan.     8,  1863    Sept.    8,  1823. 

Nov.  25,  1835. 
03. 

Stephen  Jarvis,  Nov.  13,  1774    Oct.  26,  1825    Oct.  20,  1803 

323  Mary  Ann 

Atwater,  July    14,  1779    Aug.  29,  1858 

11  children. 

324  George  Atwater,  Oct.    20,  1804    Oct.  10,  1805 

325  Geo.  Atwater,2d,Mch.    9,  1806 

326  Mary  Ann,  Sept.    4,  1809 

327  Hezekiali  Nasli,  Mch.    9,  1811     Oct.  19,  1814 

328  Benj.  Atwater,    Feb.    11,1813  '  Dec.     7,1847 

329  Caroline  Eliz'h,  Dec.    28,  1814    Jan.  19,  1840 

330  Sarah  Maria,        Feb.     3,  1817  .Jan.    14   1841 

331  Eunice  Amelia,  Jan.    24,  1819 
333  Harriet  Augusta,  Jan.    21,1821 

333  Hez.  Nash,  2d,    Mch.  24,  1833  Nov.  16,  1852 

•  Dec.  28,  1872. 

334  Stephen,      Jan.  18,  182(5  Aug.  18,  1836 

Stephen  Jarvis, 

Son   of    Hezekiah    Jarvis.    was   born    in     Norwalk,    Connecticut 
November  13,  J  774. 

Early  in  life  he  removed  to  Cheshire,  where  he  worked  at  his 
trade,  which  was  that  of  a  carpenter  and  cabinet-maker. 

On  the  20th  October,  1803,  he  married  Mary  Ann  Atwater,  with 
whom  he  lived  most  liappily  daring  the  remainder  of  his  life  and 
who  bore  him  a  numerous  family  of  children.  He  was  a  worthy 
and  prominent  man  in  the  town,  and  was  often  chosen  to  places  of 
trust,  which  he  filled  successfully,  and  with  unwavering  fidelity. 

In  1813,  he  purchased  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fannar  Jarvis,  D  D 
LL.D.,  the  dwelling  of  the  late  Bishop  Jarvis.  In  this  house  were 
passed  many  pleasant  years  a.nong  his  children,  cheerful  relatives 
and  friends,  and  in  this  venerable  dwelling  the  good  man  sank  to 
rest,  believing  and  trusting  in  a  higher  and  a  better  life.  To  those 
who  survive,  there  is  not  only  a  sad,  but  pleasing  satisfaction  in 
recalhng  the  memories  that  cluster  around  this  cherished  old  1  ome- 
.3tead. 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  devoted  to  the  doctrines  and  services  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church,  in  which  he  was  educated. 

He  was  often  a  delegate  to  the  Diocesan  Convention,  and  was 


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for  many  years,  Warden  and  Treasurer  of  St.  Peter's  Church,. 
Cheshire.  A  kind  and  affectionate  husband  and  father,  a  firm  and 
steadfast  friend,  a  wise  counselor,  and  an  honorable  man,  he 
trul}  exemplified  the  saying,  "An  honest  man's  the  noblest  work 
of  God." 


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No.  Name. 

Samuel  Jarvi.s, 
835  Huldah  White, 
8  children. 

336  Sarah  Ann, 

337  Mary, 


Born. 
Oct.  9,  1779 
July  6,  1785 

June  21,  1805 
Sept.  14,  1808 


Oct. 
Feb. 


Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

29,  1857     Sept.    2,  1804. 


338  Elizabeth,  Nov.  15,  1811 

339  Catharine  Amel.Apr.  1813 

340  James  White,  1817 

341  Frances  Iluldah.Sept.  27,  1819 

342  Harriet  Rebec'a,  Dec.     1.  1823 

343  Maria,  Apr.  14,  1826 


Jan.   23,  1854 


July  28,  1834 
July,  1819 
May,  1832 
Dec.  15,'l835 
June  21,  1826 


May    17,  1825. 

Apr.  5, 1831,  to  Henry 

J,  Sanford. 
Nov.  29,  1838. 
Sept.    1,  1833. 


Samuel  Jarvis, 

Son  of  the  late  Hezekiah  Jarvis,  was  born  Oct.  9,  1779,  and  died 
Oct.  29,  IS.'iY.  He  was  a  man  of  quiet  and  retiring  habits,  but 
with  excellent  business  capacity.  He  was  a  merchant  tailor,  and 
his  store  was,  for  many  years,  on  the  ground  on  which  the  Custom 
House  now  stands,  in  Wall  street,  New  York. 

Ml'.  Jarvis  was  most  exemplary  in  his  domestic  duties,  a  good 
husband,  a  kind  father,  and  a  pleasant  neighbor.  He  was  a  thor- 
ough Episcopalian,  and,  for  many  years,  a  member,  communicant, 
and  vestryman  oi  Zion  Church,  New  York. 


Charles  Jarvis,    Mcli.  28,  1785    Nov.    5,  1846    Apr.  12,  1808. 
344  Sarah  Ann  Whit- 


lock, 

6  children. 
345  Abraham, 

846  Henry  W., 

847  Henriettas., 

348  William, 

349  Sarah  A, 

350  Samuel, 


May  30,  1790    July    1,  1859 

Jan.    28,  1809 
I  Dec.      9,  1811  Twins. 

)  Dec.      9,  1811    Feb.  22,  1877    Apr.  18,  1830. 

Jan.    30,  1813  May   26,  1846. 

Nov.     1,  1814    Nov.  14,  1814 

June  12,  1818    May    2,  1833 


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Bcv.Wn,.J„vi.,F„„.   .9,  ,™a    0«.  Tw7I     Z'^^'SX 

351  Elizabeth  Miller  "'^''**'P  Brownell. 

Hart,  j„„e  22,  1798 

9  children. 

352  Elizabeth  Hart,  Oet.      5   1826 

353  Hetty  Hart,         Feb.    as',  1838 

354  Richard  Win. 

^'"■'■'^'  Nov.  30,  1839 

3ooFramcH  Amelia,  July  30,  1831     Mch.    1,1843 
ooo  i<  rederica 

'?57-'^"T'''"'  ^^'-      "^'^^^3     ^^t-     2.1841 

307  iii.;'i-v  Loui.sa.      Jan.      8,  1835 

358  John  Samuel.      May     «.  1837    July  37,  1866 
^CO^in    r*'"''     t""-     ''^'^'^    June  11.  1842 


J'Jne    5,  1850. 
Dec.     5,  1807. 


Sept.  30,  1855. 


Rkv.  William  Jakvis 
Was  b„,-„  at  Ncrwalk,  C'onnectict,  on  0,e  2iltl,  of  February   1796 

Hb  birMulay  be,„«  on  tl,o  2!)tl,  of  February,  and  it  being  lean  Sc 

Mr.Jarv,,  was  eight  years  old  before  he  h*l  one  of  ftcse  faWi 

ays,  and  had  bnt  seventeen  in  all.     He  died  on  the  3d  of  olbt 

18V1,  aged  >5  yoai-s  and  seven  months  -"-looc, 

".'"wStrf'lf"""  "7T  """"  «^l'""<'y.  "d-ghter  of 

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moTheTorM*""";  '"'"•»""«  '^'•'»  i"  --egard  to  Mrs.  Whitney  the 
gTndchM^'-f'r':  I"f  ""  ""■»"'"  ^^  "-■  -ly^-vi  ing 

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the  energetic  old  lady  would  declare  her  intention  to  walk, 
saying  whore  duty  dictated,  the  Lord  would  provide  a  way.  And 
so  it  often  {)roved,  for  slie  would  hardly  get  started  before  some 
neighbor  or  friendly  traveler  would  a-ssist  her  to  the  place  in  which 
her  soul  delighted. 

Bishop  Jarvis  and  Mr.  Hezekiah  Jarvis  were  brothers,  and  tlie 
Bishop's  son,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Farinar  Jarvis,  offered  to  fit  his 
young  cousin,  "William,  for  college,  who  was,  for  some  time,  an 
inmate  of  the  Doctor's  family,  and  who  had  decided  to  devote  him- 
self, as  soon  as  his  studies  were  completed,  to  the  ministry  of  the 
Church. 

The  friendship  between  these  two  cousins  was  deep,  true,  and 
lasting,  and  when  sorrow  and  embarrassment  overtook  the  Doctor 
in  tiie  latter  part  of  his  liffi,  the  love  of  his  cousin  William  proved 
a  precious  boon  to  his  wounded  spirit. 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  graduated  at  Union  Collcsge,  and  afterwards  pur- 
sued his  theological  studies  at  New  Haven,  Conn.  In  August, 
1822,  he  was  ordained  deacon  at  Norwalk,  by  the  late  Bishop 
Brownell,  and,  (m  the  .')th  of  November  of  the  following  year,  was 
ordained  priest,  also  by  him,  at  East  Haddam,  at  which  place,  and 
Hebron,  he  ministered  for  some  time. 

While  at  Hebnm'he  won  the  affection  and  friendship  of  Dr. 
Peters,  who  was  also  Governor  of  the  State,  and  this  friendship 
continued  uiuibated  until  death  sei)arated  them. 

During  Mr.  Jarvis's  ministry  at  Hebron,  a  church  was  erected, 
which  was  then  considered  one  of  the  handsomest  rural  churches  in 
the  diocese.  This  church  was  altered  and  repaired  only  a  few 
months  before  his  death,  and  it  was  a  great  pleasure  to  him  to 
prove  to  his  old  parishioners  that  he  still  remembered  them  with 
affection,  by  presenting  to  the  i^arish  a  font  of  Ohio  stone,  com- 
memorative of  his  rectorship  from  1821  to  1826. 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  married  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Brownell,  in 
December,  J  825,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Miller  Hart,  eldest  daughter  of 
Major  Richard  William  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hart  of  Saybrook, 
Connecticut,  a  marriage  which  resulted  in  great  and  lifelong  happi- 
ness. 

From  Hebron,  Mr.  Jarvis  removed  to  Chatham,  now  Portland, 
Conn.,  where  he  continued  rector  of  Trinity  Church  until  disabled 
by  a  severe  bronchitis,  induced  by  undue  exercise  of  his  voice  wliile 
suffering  from  whooping  cough.  For  months  he  couhl  only  speak 
in  a  whisper,  and  for  years  suffered  great  pain  and  discomfort.     He 


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was  at  last  reluctantly  coinpolUid  to  give  up  all  hope  of  doing  ofTicial 
work  again,  and  resigned  lii.s  parish. 

IIo  was  succeeded  by  the  Elev.  Samuel  Emory,  who  was,  for  some 
time,  a  memljor  of  his  family. 

Mr.  Jarvis  retin^d  from  tlio  ministry,  soro  as  was  the  trial,  and 
devot(Hl  hiniHclf  to  his  home  and  family.  Ho  was  surrounded  l)y 
fritiuds,  and  tliose,  with  an  iuUiresting  domestic  circle,  made  his  life 
cheerful  and  hajjjiy.  'I'hcro  were  (ivo  daughters  and  four  sons,  and 
as  in  every  picture  there  uuist  bo  shadows,  so  in  this  beautiful  and 
sunny  group  the  dark  shadow  of  death  entered,  and  cast  a  gloom 
around  tlio  happv  fin'side.  Four  of  these  cliildren  were  swept 
away  almost  siinulttiiieously  by  that  terrible  scourge,  scarhit  fever. 

Mr.  Jarvis  continued  to  reside  in  Portland  until  ISfj'i,  when  he 
removed  to  Middhitown,  where  he  remained  until  after  the  marriage 
of  his  eldest  daughter  to  ('ol.  Samuel  Colt  of  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, when  he  made;  that  city  his  homo. 

"  As  a  preacher,  Mr.  .larvis  was  ftu-vent  and  impn^ssive,  both  liis 
voice  and  dc^livery  being  good;  as  a  pastor,  he  was  distinguished 
for  (idelity  ami  devotion;  as  a  friend,  ho  was  faithful  and  generous, 
and  as  a  husband,  kind,  wise,  and  affectionate." 

In  July,  18G(5,  the  family  of  Mr.  Jarvis  were  again  alTlictcid  by  the 
death  of  his  youngest  son,  John  Sanuml,  named  after  his  tried 
friend,  (Jov.  Peters.  He  had  just  completed  his  '2!)th  year,  leaving 
a  widow  and  two  young  daugliters. 

But  Mr.  Jarvis's  life  was  drawing  to  a  chise.  Afflicted  with  a 
painful  disease,  he  often  suffered  intensely,  but,  with  a  trusting 
faith,  lie  resigned  himself  to  the  will  of  his  Heavenly  B'ather,  await- 
ing the  hour  when  he  should  be  with  his  loved  ones  who  had  gone 
before.  Conscious  that  his  (md  was  approaching,  he  bade  farewell 
to  his  beloved  wife,  his  children  and  grandchildren,  aiid  to  his 
cherished  friends,  whom  he  had  loved  so  long  and  well,  And  tlum 
his  spirit  passed  away  to  a  bright  and  glorious  immortality. 

"So  He  giveth  His  beloved  sleep."  E.  II.  C. 


io*->. 


No.  Name.  Bom. 

Daniel  Jarvis,     Mch.  29,  1760 
301  Deborah  Rogers. 

7  children. 
3C2  Zophar. 

363  Henrietta, 

364  Piatt. 

8 


Died. 


Married  or  R(«iuark». 
Jan.   31.  1781. 


Daniel  Secard. 


:  t 


S8 

No. 

nm 

307 


Name. 
Htcphcn. 
IUkhIii, 
Mftry. 


nEBORNDANTH   OK    WIM.IAM — KIKTII    (IKNKUATION. 

Morn.  Diud.  Marriod  or  KumarkH. 

17»() 


308  llunniili, 


Hteplien  JiirviH, 
5  children. 
800  Mobitiibcl. 
370  Henry. 

871  Etlinnml, 

872  Iliuniiih. 
373  Abiithii. 


1   1  1 


1783 


1800 


1  11>. 


874 
375 
370 

377 
878 
379 


Ebeucz'r  .Iiirvis,  May  10,  1782 

0  c'hiUlrcn. 
Mos(«8,  Oct.   1(),  1800 

Sarah,  Aug.  18,  1810 

Ebcnezer,  Dec.  12,  1813 


lantha, 

Marietta, 

Jerusha, 


1815 
Feb.  14,  1819 
Oct.  14,  1832 


IK3(I     iHaiah  Hcutlder. 

Dfc.  31.  1817.  .lanit'H 

Smith. 
Doc.   80,   1819,   Tred 

well  Oarl. 


18i:i 


1870 


1833 


Frances    Hannah    A. 
Kehsey.  lch.,Kuth. 


Israel  Jarvis, 

380  Bethsheba  Rogers, 

Children. 

381  Benjanun. 

382  Mary. 
883  Ichabod. 

384  Israel. 

385  Cynthia. 
380  Jane. 


l«-4. 


Oet.   11,  1800. 


; 


( 


5th  Generation. 

13S. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Ralph  Munson 
Jarvis,  Dec.  27,  1770    Nov.    3,  1853 


Married  or  Remarks. 


DR8CENDANTS   OF   WTLMAM FIFTH   OENKRATION. 


69 


No.         Name. 
887  CaroHiio  Leon- 
ard, ' 
18  children. 

Ooo.  Soyniour,   Juno 

R(\\v.  Lutwich,  Aug. 

Froderick,  Apr. 

(■Imrlcs  Hiilph,  Dec. 

Iloniy  .Ijinios, 

Caroline, 

Mary, 

(JiiHt.  Hat<liford,Sopt 

Surali  Maria,       Mch. 

Amelia  Jane,      Jan. 

Matilda,  Dec. 

Anno,  Sept. 

Elizal).  Arnold,  Oct. 


888 
880 
800 
801 
802 
808 
804 

•.m 
imi 

807 
808 
800 

4m 


^"-  I»od.  Married  or  Rumarke. 

Oct.   24,  1782    Oct.     8,  1854 

Sept.  IS,  1820. 


Aug. 
May 
Oct. 


2,  tHOO 

10,  1H07 

8,  1810 

27,  1811 

7,  1812 

18,  1818 

4,  1815 

.12,  181(1 

14,  1818 

1,  1820 

7,  1821 

27,  182;j 

20,  1824 


Sept.    8,  1878 
July  28.  I8ia 

Cecilia  Martin. 
Aug.  80,  180;{ 

Oct.     2,  1H55    Sei)t.        1830 
Oct.     4,  1815 


Feb.  22,  1807 
Sept.  10,  1H88 
Sept.  27,  1828 


June  28,  1840. 


Mary  Jarvis, 
401  Robert  llazeh, 
1  child. 


130. 


403  Robert  Fraser,    Apr.  10,  1803    Apr.  25,  1874 


Ool.  commanding  II. 
M.  GOth  Rifle  Reg't. 


.no  ?"'"!'""  •'"'■'''''  ^ ''^^    ^P""-   =59,  1856 

403  Carolme  Boyd. 

1  child. 

404  Wm.  Munson,    Oct.     0,  \8m 

SnsSx  Vale    w'^n  ^^"^ '^''^  '^-^''^--f  the  Uon.  G^org^L;;;;^  of 
Sussex  \  ale.  New  Rrunsvvick.     <;,.prge  Leonar.l  was  a  direct  descendant 
of  IIon,T  Leonard,  eldest  son  of  Riel.anl   Leonard,  Lord  D .  •  e      H^ " 
Leonard  ,.,une  to  An.erica  in  1020.     Not  returning  befor     1  is  f",  "s 
cath,  the  t.tle  desoen.led  to  his  brother  Franeis.     Thtn.as,  son  of  F  a    •  L 
^  ho  succeeded  to  the  titl.-.  was  afterwards  created  Earl  of  Surrey      A^. 

d  ^nd  w.'"       T     T-  'r'''  ^"'"^•'  ^^'"'^'^^  '•"  New  nrun.swK,k  • 
178.3,  and  was  nnu'l,  employed  in  public  affairs.     The  year  of  his  arrivn 
he  ...s  ...pointed  one  of  the  Agents  of  the  Governnn.n    t     l^^C^ 
gnmtcd  to  Loyalists,  and  was,  soon  after.  n.a,lc  a  Men.ber  of  the  Co,  ud 

1826  at  an  old  age.     ILs  consort,  Sarah.  ,n-eceded  him  one  year  asred  81 
H  M   lufh.  •!■  \    "''  ^""'   ^'"'""'^l  R^^l'cn  Leonard  of 


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DESCENDANTS    OF   WILt.IAM — FIFTH    GENERATION. 


13«. 


Born. 


1788 


No.  Name. 

Edward  Jarvis.i 

405  Anua  Maria 

Boyd, 

8  children. 

406  Edward,  Mcli.  15,  1819 

407  Edw.  W.  Boyd,  Apr.  25,  1880 

408  Mary  Jane,         Sopt.    8,  1831 

409  Munson,  May  15,  183:3 

410  H.  Fitz  Gerald,  May  20,  1825 

411  W.G.Townscnd.May  20,  1837 

413  Anna  Maria,       Aug.  30,  1829 
4U  Caro.  Amelia,     Feb.   22,  1831 

2d  wife. 

414  Elizabeth  Gray, 

3  children. 

415  Edw'd  Worrell,  Jan.   20,  1840 

416  Eliz.  Harriett,    Sept.    6,  1847 


Died. 

May     9,  1853 


Married  or  Rcmiirk?. 


Aug.  28,  1841     Apr.  20,  1817. 


Apr.  20,  1819 
July  SO,  1821 
Meh.  34,  1848 


Nov.  2,  1808 
Aug.  21,  1830 


Sept.  6,  1847 


Sept.  5,  1843. 
Sept.  80,  1858, 

Sept.  10,  1853. 


140. 


i 


I'  P 


Polly  M.  M.  Jar- 
vis, 

417  John  B.  P.ters 

9  children. 

418  Mary  Elizabeth, 

419  Harriet  Emma 

Albert  ina, 

420  Samu(!l  Jarvis, 

421  Mary  Elizabeth, 

422  Sally  Hannah, 

423  Wm.  Birdsy, 

424  Albert  Jarvis, 

425  Harr't  Augusta, 

426  Hugh  Albert, 


Dec.  29,  1772 


June  26,  1791 


May     7,  1796. 


1801     Died  York,  U.  C. 


Feb.   11,  1799 

Born  in  U.  C. 

.July  3i.  1801 

Aug.  22,  1803 

1805 

June  22.  1807 

Died  in  New  Orleans 

Dec.     1,  180i. 

1811    In  U.  Canada. 

Aug.  35,  1810 

1813 

ir;o. 


Ma.ia  Lavinia 
Jarvis,  Dec.  31,  1788    May  13,  1826    Aug.    3,  1811. 

437  Geo.  Hamilton. 

8  children. 
428  Robert  Tarvis,    May  18,  1813  Nov.  19,  1838. 

Apr.  15,  1851. 


*  Edward  Jarvis  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Council  of  New  Bruns- 
wick; was  Chief  Justice  of  Prince  p]dward's  Island;  he  died  ut  Spring 
Park  in  tliat  Province,  in  1853,  aged  sixty  five  years,  universally  respected 
for  his  upright  character  as  a  jurist,  and  for  the  urbanity  of  his  manners. 


I 


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DESCENDANTS   OF   WILLIAM — FIFTH    GENERATION. 

?«;  .,     ';^T^\  ■^°™'  ^'«^-  Married  or  ReinarkB. 

429  Oath  ine  Han'h,  May  23,  1814    Sept.  25,  1815 

430  Samuel  Askin,    Aug.  17,  1817 

431  Maria  Lavinia,   Sept.  15,  1818  May  21,  1840. 

432  George,  Feb.     9,  1822  1841 

433  Augusta  Han'h,  July  17,  1824    Sept.  28,  1827 

434  Catharine,  Mch.  15,  1826  1842. 

435  Augusta  Caro..  junc  17,  1857. 

Augusta  Jarvis,  Oct.    11,  1790    Mc;h.  21,  1848    May     5   1812 

436  Thomas  JlcCor- 

mick.        ,      . 
9  (children. 

437  Thomas  David,  Feb.  14,  1813  1855    Mary  Read. 

438  Chas.  William,  Dec.  30,  1814 

439  Marg.  Augusta,  Nov.  10,  1816    Feb.   21,  1872 

440  Hannah,  Nov.  28,  1818 

441  Mary  Elizab'th,  Oct.    19,  1821  Jan.    14,  1848. 

442  William,  May  24,  1823     Nov.  25,  1835 

443  T.  Frances,         Aug.    G,  1825  1875     Sept.  17,  1855, 

William  Griffln. 

444  Samuel  Peters,   Apr.  15,  1828 

445  George  Diehl,     Oct.     4,  1836 


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Samuel  Pet(a's 

Jarvis,  Nov.  15,  1792     Sept.    6,  1857    Oct.      ],  1818 

446  Mary  Boyles 

Powell. 
9  children. 

447  Samuel  Peters,   Aug.  23,  1820  Feb.   18,  1850.   Rene6 

448  William  Dum-  Wilson. 

mer  Powell,    Dec.   17,  1821  Jan.   15,  1859 

449  George  Murray,  Apr.  13,  1824  Ju,u,  23,  I84(j,  Eliza- 
.^^  .  l»(;tli  Arnold  Jarvis. 
4o0  Ann  E:ien,          Oct.    30.  1«35  Oct.    12,  1802    Aug.  25,  1846 

451  Emily  Elizab'h,  Apr.   13,  1837  June  24,  1854,  Sidney 

B.  Fan\;i,  R.  Eng. 

452  Charles  EdwM,  Oct.    25,  1838    Sept.  32,  1839 

453  Charlotte  Aug.,  Apr.     1,1830    May     3,1841 

454  Mary  Caroline,  Mch.  27,  1833 

455  Charles  Fred'k,  June  11,  1834    Mch.  17,  1871     Mary  Ann  Graham. 

Samuel  Peteks  Jabvis 

Was  educated  at  Cornwall,  Upper  Canada,  by  the  late  Dr.  Stra- 
chari,  afterwards  Bishop  of  Toronto.     H(!  .studied  law  and  practiced 


'! 


gjggg 


62 


DESCENDANTS   OB"   WILLIAM — FIFTH    GENERATION. 


his  profession  for  many  years;  he  afterwards  performed  the  duties 
of  his  father's  office  as  Secretary  of  the  Province;  was  Clerk  of 
the  Crown  in  Chancery,  and  Chief  Superintendent  of  Indian 
Affairs  (an  Imperial  appointment).  Ho  served  during  the  war  of 
1812-13-14;  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Queenstown  Heights, 
Lundy's  Lane,  Stony  Creek,  and  Detroit,  for  which  latter  he 
received  a  medal  and  clasp;  was  present  at  the  death  of  General 
Brock,  and  commanded  the  guard  who  escorted  the  late  General 
Winfield  Scott  as  a  prisoner  of  war  from  Queenstown  to  Fort 
Niagara.  During  the  rebellion  of  1837-8  he  raised  and  com- 
manded the  regiment  known  as  the  Queen's  Rangers;  was  present 
at  the  cutting  out  of  the  steamer  Caroline  at  Schlosser;  was  Com- 
mandant of  the  garrison  at  Toronto,  and  Judge-Advocate  of  the 
court-martial  assembled  to  try  the  American  prisoner.  General 
Sutherland,  who  attempted  to  commit  suicide  while  confined  in  the 
old  fort  at  Toronto. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Peters  Jarvis  was  the  daughter  of  the  late  Hon. 
William  Dunimer  Powell,  Chief  Justice  of  Upper  Canada,  and 
Speaker  of  the  Legislative  Council. 


IMt 


ii 


S*MUEL  Peters  Jarvis,  Jr., 

Was  educated  at  Upper  Canada  College,  Toronto.  He  studied 
law  in  1845,  and  entered  the  army  as  an  Ensign  in  the  Royal 
Canadian  Rifle  Regiment,  soon  after  which  he  exchanged  into  the 
8'2d  Regiment,  then  stationed  at  Halifax,  N.  S.  I  le  served  in  the 
82d  during  the  Indian  Mutiny,  1857-9;  was  in  temporary  com- 
mand of  three  companies  of  his  regiment  during  the  relief  of  Lu(;k- 
now  by  Lord  Clyde;  was  present  at  the  defeat  of  the  Gwalior 
Contingent  at  Cawnpore  on  6th  December,  action  of  "Khoda- 
gurge,"  and  occupation  of  "  Fultihghur,"  capture  of  "Bareiliy," 
relief  of  •'Shahjehanpoor"  Jail,  and  action  of  "  Khankeor."  For 
this  service,  he  received  brevet  rank  of  Major,  medal  and  clasps. 
He  was,  for  several  years  after  his  return  to  England,  Adjutant  of  the 
Staff  College  at  Sandhurst.  He  retired  fi'om  the  service  as  Major 
of  the  82d  regiment  to  accept  tl:e  appointment  as  Assistant  Adju- 
tant-General of  Militia  in  Canada,  with  the  rank  of  Lieut.-Coionc^l 
in  the  British  Army.  When  the  troubles  broke  out  in  the  new 
province  of  Manitol)a,  he  was  a])pointed  to  the  v^omma'id  of  the 
Ontario  Battalion,  which,  with  the  Quebec  Battalion  and  a  portion 
of  the  Rifle  Brigade,  proceeded  to  Fort  Garry,  the  whole  force 


DE8CKNDANT8   OF    \VI  1,1,1  AM — FIFTH    OENKJIATION. 


63 


under  tlie  command  of  Colonel  (now  Gencsral)  Sir  Garnet  Wolseley. 
Soon  after  the  return  of  the  rcguhii"  troops,  Lieut.-Colonel  Jarvis 
was  made  Commandant  of  the  garrison  at  Fort  Garry,  where 
he  remained  until  the  withdrawal  by  the  Canadian  Government  of 
the  troops  from  that  province.  ?'or  this  service,  ho  was  created,  by 
Her  Majesty  the  Queon,  a  Companion  of  the  Order  of  St.  Michael 
and  St.  George.  On  4th  June,  187."),  he  was  gazetted  to  the  rank 
of  Colonel  in  the  British  Army,  and  at  present  (1878)  is  on  special 
service  in  South  Africa  connected  with  the  Kaffir  war. 


1^53. 


Married  or  Hemarks. 


No.  Na^l(^  Born.  Died. 

William  Muuson 

Jarvis,  1  Aii,u;.  13,  17}»;{    June  25,  18«7     Nov.  3,  1836. 

45(J  Anne  Itacy. 

4(liildren. 

457  Jan.!  Hannah,     Au■,^  10,  1837 

458  Henry  William,  Aug.    3,  182!) 

459  Chas.  Ilorborl,    Auj;-.  25,  1831     Sept.    7,1859    Dec,  1856. 
400  John  Hacy,         July      .   1834      lu  infancy. 


Hannah  Owen 
Jarvis,      ,       Sept.  25,  1797 
461  Alex.  Ilanilltou. 

11  children. 
463  Cath.  Maria,       Mch.  33,  1817 

463  Han'h  neiidersou,  Nov.  3, 1818 

464  Jcf^se  Augusta,  Mch.  18.  1831 

465  JIary  ^  ue,         June    1,  1824    Aug.  15,  1825 

466  Elizabeth,  Aug.    6,  1826 

467  Helen,  July  12,  1838 

468  Jos.  Alexander,  July  18,  1830 
409  William  Jarvis,  April 35,  1833 

470  Caroline  Emily,  Jan.     4,  1835 

471  Emma  Harriett,  June  18,  1837 
473  Aug. Owen  nerb't,Oet.21,1839 


Jan.  25,  1816. 

Jan.  13,  1847. 
Nov.  24,  1842. 
March  15,  1855. 


Sept.  5,  1869. 
Jan.  8,  1807. 

S(!ptemher,  1877,  Kate 
C.  McCallum. 


*  William  Munson  Jarvis  served  through  the  American  war,  1812-14; 
was  present  at  Uio,  l)altles  of  Queenstown  Heights  and  Stony  Creek;  was, 
for  many  years,  Sherill  of  the  Gore  District,  and  resided  and  died  in 
Hamilton. 


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64 


DK80KNDANT8    OF    WILLIAM — FIFTH    OENEUATION. 


irs. 


Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

May     7,  1844    Dec.  35.  1804. 


All.!;:.  10.  1874 
Au.ir.  80.  IHW 


No.  Name.  Horn. 

Elizabeth  Jarvis,  001.25,  1785 

473  Tniinaii  8.  Wtftinore. 

5  cliiUlicn. 

474  Sylvia  Elizab'li,  Oct.    20,  1805 

475  Darwin  W()(){lw'(l,Sopt.2,1807 
470  William  Jarvis,  June  BO,  1809 

477  Geo.  Whitfield,  Oct.   11,  1813 

478  Charles  Kitch,    Aiiff.  21,  1815 


Elizahktii  Jakvis  Wktmoue 

Was  the  eldest  dauglitor  of  John  Jarvis,  of  Norwalk,  Conn., 
her  mother,  whose  maiden  name  Wfis  Elizabeth  Boulte,  being  his 
second  wife.  Mrs.  Wetmore  was  a  very  beautiful  woman,  and  lier 
loveliness  of  character  wa.s  the  charm  of  the  family  circle,  and  the 
esteem  and  admiration  of  her  neighbors  and  friends.  She  was 
devoted  to  the  care  and  duties  of  her  household,  and  her  home 
was  the  ne  phis  ultra  of  neatness  and  good  order.  She  gave  to  the 
poor  and  needy  with  a  willing  and  lavish  hand,  and,  in  her  noble 
deeds  of  charity,  she  was  aided  by  her  no  less  willing  husband,  who 
was  ever  known  and  recognized  as  tlur  poor  man's  doctor  and 
friend.  Mrs.  Wetmore  was  an  Episcopalian,  and  was  baptized  and 
confirmed  in  the  church  by  her  uncle,  the  late  Rt.  Rev.  Abraham 
Jarvis,  the  second  Bishop  of  Connecticut.  She  died  at  the  age  of 
58,  and  an  obituary  notice  written  by  her  pastor  was  published 
at  the  time  in  the  columns  of  the  ChurcJiman. 

As  a  reminiscence  of  her  home,  the  following  may  not  prove 
uninteresting:  The  house  owned  by  her  husband,  and  occupied 
by  the  family  for  many  years,  stood  back  from  the  street,  sur- 
rounded by  a  spacious  lawn,  with  an  ample  courtyard  in  front, 
and  a  walk  leading  from  the  door,  through  a  gateway,  to  the 
street .  The  courtyard  was  overshadowed  by  elmg  and  maples,  and 
ornamented  with  abundant  flowers  of  rare  beauty.  On  each  side 
of  the  large  door  that  opened  into  the  hall  were  two  large  and 
very  beautiful  lilac  trees,  whose  tops  reached  to  the  eaves  of  the 
house,  and,  in  their  blooming  season,  these  trees  were  covered  with 
purple  flowers  which  exhaled  a  pleasant  perfume,  even  to  the 
senses  of  the  travellers  who  passed  that  way.  The  robins  built 
their  nests  and  reared  their  young  among  the  branches,  and  they 
were  so  frequently  fed  by  the  mistress  of  the  house  that  they 
would,  as  she  was   sitting  alone,   fly  into  the   room,  hop  about, 


DESCENDANTS    OF   WILLIAM— FIFTH    GENEKATION. 


65 


pick  up  the  crumbs  on  the  floor,  and  then  return  again  to  their 
nests.  In  the  midst  of  all  tliis  pleasure  and  domestic  peace.  Mrs. 
Wetmore  sickened  and  died,  and,  as  though  in  sympathy  with  her 
decease,  the  robins  deserted  the  lilacs,  and  they  too  began  to  decay, 
until  in  a  year  or  two  they  were  utterly  withered  and  dead. 

It  was  at  this  particular  time  that  her  son,  William  Jarvis  Wet- 
more,  visited  his  old  home,  the  home  of  his  youth  and  love,  and 
saw  how  thQ  spirit  of  desolation  had  swept  over  the  once  happy 
spot.  It  was,  indeed,  a  melancholy  sight.  He  retired  to  the  room 
he  once  used  to  occupy  when  the  family  were  all  together,  and 
coinposed  the  following  lines,  writing  original  music  for  the  words 
which  he  subsequently  publisJied,  dedicating  it  to  his  father. 

THE  LILAC  AT  THE  DOOR. 

Sweet  home  of  youfli,  I  fondly  turn 

My  wandering  .steps  to  thee; 
I  know  no  .spot  on  earth  so  dear. 

No  hearts  so  frank  and  free. 
The  ehn,  the  niaplo,  anil  the  birch, 

The  sumach  on  the  moor, 
r  see  with  joy,  hiU  dearer  far 

Tlu!  h'lae  at  tlic  door. 

I've  roamed  o'er  many  a  pleasant  land, 

I've  sailed  o'er  many  a  sea; 
I've  roamed  o'er  mountain,  hill,  and  plain. 

But  Home!  thou'rt  all  to  me! 
I've  heard  the  wild  birds  in  the  grove. 

Their  songs  on  many  a  shore ; 
But  sweeter  was  the  robin's  note 

Id  the  lilac  at  the  door. 

Here  friends  have  met  beneath  the  shade, 

III  life's  enchanted  Spring; 
And,  whilt;  they  told  their  pleasures  o'er, 

Love  plumed  his  airy  wing. 
The  friends  liave  gone,  and  nusic  now, 

Alas!  is  heard  no  more! 
The  robin's  tlown,  and  withered,  dead, 

The  lilac  at  the  door!  • 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died,  Manie.l  or  UomarU.. 

UiarlotteJarvi.s,July30,  1787    Feb.   2.0,  1861     Dec.  12,  1810 
479  John  Seymour,  Nov.  20,  1786    Dec.   11,  1859 
5  children. 
9 


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!  , 

!  ■ 

DKSCKNDANTS    OF   WILLIAM FIFTH    OKNKKATION. 

Died. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Marrlud  or  KemarkB. 

480  Sarah  Elizabeth,  May  1:5,  1812  Aug.  13,  1837. 

481  Charles  Jarvis,  Feb.  25,  1815    Mch.  13,  1840    May  10,  1837. 

482  Alvah,  May    5,  1817    July  22,  1848    April  13.  1848,  Mary 

A.  Partridge. 

483  Charlotte  Fitch,  Aug.    4,1819    May  25,  1863    May  11,  1847. 


484  Samuel  John,     Mch.    9,  1822 

IT'S. 

George  Oglevie 
Jarvis,  July  14,  1795    Feb.     3,  1875 

485  Philamela  Marshall,  May   12,  1875 

6  children. 

486  Phil.  Elizab'h,    Feb.   19,  1822  Mch.  18,  1835 

487  Charl.Miiria  l8t,July  30,  1824  Dec.   15,  1824 

488  Charlotte  Maria.  May     6,1826  April  28,  1853 

489  Chas.  Alpheus,  F(tb.     2,  1828 

490  Louisa  Sophia,   Meh.  14,  1831 

491  Geo.Cyp'n.M.IX,  Ai)r.34,1834 


Feb.  17.  1850. 


Nov.  19,  1819. 

Died,  Portland,  Conn. 

D.  Colebrook,  Conn. 
D.  Colebrook,  Conn. 
Oct.  8,  1851,  to  Gi^o. 

G ilium,  Jr. 
Jan.  17,  1854. 

Feb.  8,  1S66,  to  Mar- 
thii  Gillum. 


Dr.  (ieokoe  Oglevie  Jakvis 

Son  of  the  late  John  Jarvis,  was  born  in  New  Canaan,  C'onnecticut, 
July  14,  1795. 

Dr.  Jarvis  was  a  thorough  English  scholar,  and  an  educator  of 
youth  during  his  earlier  manliood  and  scholastic  life.  He  studied 
his  profession  vyith  Ids  hrother-in-law,  Dr.  Truman  Spencer  Wet- 
more  of  Winchester,  Connecticut,  and  was  a  painstaking  and 
persevering  student.  lie  was  licensed  to  practice  medicine  and 
surgery  in  1817,  and  first  settled  in  Torrington.  After  the  expira- 
tion of  two  years,  he  removed  to  Colebrook,  where  lie  remained 
until  1840,  when  he  left  for  Portland, ♦a  beautiful  village  on  the 
Connecticut  river  opposite  Middletown.  There  he  practiced  his 
profession  with  increasing  jjatronago  and  success  until  he  died  at 
tlie  age  of  eighty,  a  victim  to  erysipelas  and  diphtheria.  He 
received  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  Yale  College  in  1816. 

Dr.  Jarvis  was  of  an  inventive  turn  of  mind,  and  his  genius  and 
skill  were  largely  exercised  in  that  direction.  His  "Ad.iustek," 
an  instrument  for  the  more  ready  and  easy  manner  of  reducing 
and  replacing  fractures  and  dislocations,  pi-oved  a  success,  and 
gave  him  an  enviable  notoriety.  At  one  time,  he  visited  Europe, 
where  he  remained  several  months.     In  London  they  recognized 


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of 


and 


his  genius  and  ability,  and,  by  special  invitation,  he  delivered  a 
course  of  lectures  on  "  Fractures  and  Dislocations,"  l)pfore  the 
learned  magnates  of  that  ancient  and  intellectual  city.  These 
were  published  at  the  time  in  the  "  London  Lancet."  As  a  mark  of 
respec^t  for  the  man,  and  as  an  acknowledgment  of  his  genius, 
learning,  and  skill,  the  "Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Arts  and 
Commerce  "  presented  him  the  largest  gold  medal  ever  received 
by  an  American.  Prince  Albert  was  president  of  th(^  society,  and 
the  doctor  had  th(^  distinguished  honor  of  receiving  it  at  tlie  hand 
of  the  prince  himself. 

During  the  last  days  of  the  doctor's  life,  he  prepareil  a  work  on 
Electricity  and  Ozone.  It  was  carefully  written,  and  showed  that 
the  author  was  not  only  an  accom])lished  scholar,  but  a  profound 
thinker  and  scientist. 

Dr.  Jarvis  was  a  model  husband  and  father,  and  a  genial  friend 
and  companion.  He  was  the  soul  of  hospitality  and  honor,  and 
was  never  more  happy  than  when  surrounded  by  a  rhvAe  of  his 
neighboi's  and  friends.  Like  all  of  the  name,  he  had  a  love  for 
th(!  humorous,  and  was  ever  ready  at  Itdn  mot  and  repartee.  With 
a  keen  and  ai)preciative  musical  ear,  his  whole  life  seemed  rounded 
as  with  pleasant  harmonies. 

Dr.  Jarvis  married  a  very  estimable  lady,  a  Miss  Mar«hall, 
in  the  town  where  he  hrst  settled.  They  had  an  interesting 
family  of  childiHui,  who  were  devoted  to  their  parents,  and  who 
loved  to  meet  with  them  around  the  domestic  hearth.  Firm  in 
the  doctrines  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  their  Christmas  and  other 
holidays  were  the  occasions  of  the  most  happy  and  interesting 
annual  re-unions,  and  of  the  renewal  of  delightful  associations. 
These  two,  who  lived  such  a  consistent  Christian  life,  and  were  so 
much  endeared  to  each  other  and  their  children,  have  passed 
away,  and  now  sleep  side  by  side  in  the  little  church  yard  across 
the  way  from  their  once  happy  home,  awaiting  the  glorious  morn- 
ing of  the  Re8urre(!tion  Day. 


ITS. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

Launc't  Jarvis,  Feb.  19,  1775    Dec.  26,  185;^    June  2'A,  1803. 

493  Lydia  Barlow,  Apr.  10,  1789    May  17,  1866 

7  children. 

498  Thos.  Newton,  June  22,  1805  June  14,  1834. 

494  Milton  Barlow, 

M.D..  Aug.    5,  1807  Feb.  26,  1836. 


; 


iSi-: 


1 

_, 

1 

68                    DKHOKNDANTS   OF    WILLIAM FIFTH    OKNKRATION. 

I                                     No.          Name.                       Bom.                       Died. 

Married  or  HcinnrkH. 

41)5  Clmrles,               Sept.    8.  1801)    Nov.  li},  1811 

Drowned. 

490  Elizabeth.           Dec.  31,  1811     May,        184U 

Wm.  II.  Kinney. 
1  child,  Charles. 

497  Clarissa,              Juno    5,  1814    Aug.    1,  1840 

Lucian  P.  Robe.  2  ch. , 
Emily  and  llarr'tC. 

408  Harriet,               Dec.  25,  1817    Dec.  20.  1h:{0 

400  Samuel,               Apr.  11,  18J0     Apr.  20,  l8r)0 

Jan.     0.  1853. 

1W4. 

Nancy  Jarvis,     Mch.    ;},  1705    Aug.    1,  1877 

Jan.   33,  1830. 

500  James  ir.  Weed,  Mch.    7,1705    May     0,1822 

2  children. 

501  JanicH  Jarvis,     Jan.   13,  1821 

Dead. 

502  Wm.  Harvey,     Jan.   13,  1821 

Dead. 

1 

18S. 

1  1 

Fau'y  F.  Jarvis,  Oct.     4,  1790    Mch.    3,  1820 

Aug.  20.  1823. 

•    1 

503  Alvah  Weed,      F<!b.     8,  1800    Atig.  15.  1833 

■' 

1 

2  children. 

* 

504  Robert,                Nov.  17,  1824     Aug.  10.  1825 

505  Frances  Marion,  July  14,.  1820 

Thomas  A.  Brown. 

1 

1 03. 

, 

James  Jarvis,      Feb.     2,  1784    May  24,  1870 

1807. 

500  Lucy  Piatt,         Feb.  23,  1785     May   24,  1800 

'l 

6  children. 

1 

i 

507  David  Haiulf  rd,  Feb.         1808 

1883. 

508  Levis.,               Feb.         1810    Sept.        1820 

509  Mariettc,             Dec.     4,  1814 

Feb.  22.  1835. 

510  Jane.                   Jan.   14.  1818 

Nov.  17.  1840. 

'!                                511  Charles.               Mch.    4.  1821 

Jan.   20,  1845. 

.  If 

512  John  Jay,            Dec.     4,  1828 

1850. 

Rodney  Jarvis,  J\dy     1,  170G 

Feb.   35,  1830. 

i 

513  Mary  Bower- 

! 

man,                 Apr.  18,  1803 
2  children. 
1                                514  Brice  W.,            Apr.  18,  1831 
515  Benjamin  L.,      June    0,  1835 

108. 

Selecta  Jarvis,    Mch.  17,  1797 

Sept.  25,  1814, 

516  Jothan  Crawford,  June  7.  1792    July  23.  1873 

12  children. 

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OKPOENDANTS   OF    WIM.TAM FIFTH    OKNKUATrON. 


69 


^^iy  T„.,^fT;    ,  ^°""  "'o*-  Married  or  Romarks. 

517  Lhjuh  Hudson,  June  20,  1815    May     4,1870    0(!t.  31.  1888.     P^liza 

both  R.  Hweet. 
618  Chauncpy  HofT- 

uiiiu,  Jan.  10,  1817    Aug.    5,  1819 

519  .lolui  Bomus,      Nov.  11,  1818    July  20,  1858 

520  Catharine  Ray- 

mond, Oct.    18,  1820 

521  James  Rodman ,  Sept.  ;J0,  1822 

522  Wm.  Norman, '  June  18,  1824    Nov.  19,  1874 

523  Margaret  Ann,    Nov.  22,  1820 
624  Daniel,  Sept.  14,  1828 

.  525  Car'lin(!  Loui.sc,  Feb.    7,  1830 
520  Alv.  (^irpenter,  Apr.  30,  1833   Mch.  24,  1834 
527  Warren  Smith,   Feb.     9,  1835 


Apr.  20,  1848. 
Henrietta  Ladd. 


528  Martlia  Jeau'te,  May  14,  1837 


Mch.,     1871,    Eunice 
Tanner. 


James  Grant 
Jarvi.s,  Dee.    4,  1799 

529  Tempe  Frisbie. 

4  children. 

530  Wm.  Oscar,        July     1,  1822 

531  Laura  Ann, 


lOO. 


532  Lueinda  Frisbie, 

533  Maria  Frisbie, 


Seth  Jarvis, 

534  Nancy  Qreer, 

3  children, 

535  Wellington, 

536  Sarah  Jane, 

537  Stephen, 


SOS. 


.Ian.    32,  1821. 


Antony  E.  Hurt. 

Ich.,  Mary  Prances. 
Ed.  Smith. 
Wm.  8.  Murray. 


()(a.    11,  1805     Sept.  23,  1859     lOec.     4,  1828. 
Jan.     6,  1805 

Aug.  20   1829 

Mch.  19   1834    May   14,  18G3 

June    5,  1837  1865.     No  issue. 


Jay  Jarvis, 

538  Sarah  Ridgeway 

2  children. 

539  Jay. 

540  Judson. 


«oe. 

Sept.    2,  1801    June  23,  1860 


Jay  Jakvis 


Was  born  Sept.  2,  1801,  and  died  June  23,  I860.     He  was  for 
many  years  a  merchant,  and,  by  persistent  effort  and  strict  business 


'  Married  Samantha  Andrews,  Sept.  22,  1853.     1  child,  Frances  S. 


—  ri 


' 


m 


70  DKHCENDANTH   OK    WILLIAM — FIFTH    OKNKRATION. 

management,  amassed  a  very  respectable  amount  of  wealtli.  He 
was  a  man  of  honest  purposes,  and  strict  integrity,  and  was,  for 
several  years,  the  President  of  the  Citizens'  Bank,  wliich  was  situa- 
ted on  the  corner  of  the  Bowery  and  Canal  street,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Jarvis  married  the  "beautiful"  Mi*s.  Sarali  Ri<lgoway,  n^e 
Leycraft,  by  whom  he  had  three  children. 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  an  Episcopalian,  and  a  regular  attendant  at 
church.  Ilia  sickiiess  was  not  of  long  duration,  i»ut  knowing  that 
his  days  were  numbered,  he  quietly  resigned  himself  to  the  will  of 
his  Maker,  awaiting  the  hour  when  death  should  call  him  hence. 

His  widow  still  survives  him,  and  is  cheerful  and  companionable, 
making  life  happy  with  her  cliildfim  and  friends  around  her. 


%£W. 


Died. 

Apr.     8.  1875 


May   17,  1H58 


1803 


Married  or  KeniurkH. 


E.  T.  Hariiioii. 

1  child,  Iliiny. 
Ch.  II.  Watorhury. 

1  child,  Blaiiciic. 
Miss  Abcndioth. 

4  children. 
J.  Fnirbank.     1  child, 

Jessie. 


No.  Name.  Bom. 

Jam'  Jiirvis,         Fol).     (t,  1804 

541  Jouiilhan  White. 

4  childri'u. 

542  Harriet, 

543  Su.san  Jarvis, 

544  Charles  Jay, 

545  Maigar(4  Jarvis,  ' 

2d  luisband. 

546  Abram  Voorhees. 

1  child. 

547  WillurdP.  Voorhees. 


Jane  Jakvih  Whitk, 

Daughter  of  Jesse  Jarvis,  was  horn  at  South  Salem,  village  of  Cross 
River,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.,  February  6,  1804.  After -her  fath- 
er's death,  she  met  Jonathan  White,  who  afterward  became  her 
husband,  in  the  village  of  Rye,  N.  Y.,  where  she  had  been  living 
since  1817. 

He  was  born  in  Ireland,  Oct.  28,  1799,  and  was  the  son  of  par- 
ents, both  of  whom  had  lived  romantic  lives.  His  father,  Joseph 
White,  was  an  Englishman,  and  an  officer  in  the  Royal  Navy,  and 
his  mother  was  Mary,  daughter  of  an  Irish  Baronet,  Sir  Darby 
O'Kennedy.  Joseph  White  commenced  life  by  eloping  with  this 
lady,  who  is  said  to  have  been  both  beautiful  and  accomplished. 
Afterwards,  for  challenging  a  brother  officer  to  mortal  combat,  he 


I)K80KNDANT8    OF    WIM-IAM — FIFTH    GKNKRATION. 


71 


was  (JismiHsed  the  sorvico,  a  circumstance!  wliich  aeoum  to  have 
embittered  him  against  the  British  Government,  and,  finally, 
espousing  the  cause  of  Ireland,  he  joined  with  Emmet  and  McNevon 
in  the  Uehelli(m  of  1T!)H.  The  result  was  that  he,  with  his  wife  and 
family,  eventually  fled  to  this  country,  where  he  settled  in  the  iieigh- 
borhood  of  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.  He  namcfd  the  place  Harnsville,  as  a 
barn  was  the  only  building  visible,  and  it  still  retains  that  name. 

His  oldest  sons  had  been  edu(!at(d  in  Dublin  University,  but 
Jonathan,  the  youngest,  had  to  take  sucli  chances  as  New  Jersey 
offered  in  those  times. 

He  however  proved  more  American  and  enterprising,  and  kept 
the  business  which  his  father  left  him,  of  the  manufacture  of  carveil 
tortoise-shell  and  ivory  combs. 

Jonathan  Whit(!  was,  as  his  father  had  been,  a  man  of  high 
honor  and  int(!grity,  hating  all  shams  and  hollow  j)retences,  always 
aiming  ti>  he  rather  than  li>  scon.  His  manner  was  reserved,  keen, 
ami  sarcastic,  an<l  commanded  respect  rather  than  love.  Ho 
provided  generously  for  his  family,  and  was  very  hospitabh;  to  his 
numerous  friends. 

He  died  in  New  Brunswick,  N.  .J.,  in  18.3r»,  at  .T6  years  of  age, 
and  was  buried  in  Christ  Church  graveyard.  In  1810,  his  wifci's 
motluM-,  Marganit  I'armah^  .larvis,  widow  of  Jesse  Jarvis,  was 
buried  by  his  side. 

Seven  years  after  the  death  of  Jonathan  White,  on  Sept.  19, 
1842,  liis  widow  married  .'Xbrahani  Voorhees,  a  man  fourteen  years 
young<n'  than  h<>rself.  Ho  was  infatuated  with  lier  Ixiauty,  which 
she  retained  to  the  last  of  her  life.  She  was  intelligent,  with  spark- 
ling wit,  (juick  at  I'epartee,  of  dignificid  denKsanor,  and,  yet,  seemiMl 
uttei'ly  uncons(!ious  of  her  personal  advantages.  Thirty-four  years 
after  her  second  marriage,  she  died  very  suddenly,  while  her  maid 
was  combing  her  hair,  now  changed  from  its  glo.ssy  black  to  iron- 
gray.  She  fell  with  scarcely  a  warning  to  the  Moor,  and,  in  a  few 
moments,  expired  without  any  apparent  suffering.  She  was  buried, 
not  beside  her  mother  and  Hrst  husband,  in  Christ  churchyard,  but 
in  the  Presbyterian  cemetery  at  New  Brunswick. 

Of  her  four  children  by  her  first  husband.  Harriet  White,  a  girl 
of  beauty  and  refinement  of  manners,  was  married  at  Christ 
Church,  New  Brunswick,  Dec.  4,  18,56,  to  Kzekiol  Fargo  Harmon, 
of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  She  died  May  11,  18.58,  and  was  buried  ui  For- 
est Lawn  cemetery,  leaving  one  son,  who,  at  his  mother's  request, 
was  baptized  with  her  name,  dir-ectly  after  her  funeral. 


•1 


72 


DKHOKNDANTH   OP    WIM-IAM — Fimi    OKNKUATIoN. 


i    !! 


'Ill 


Susan  Jarvis  Whito  WRH  marriod  April  22,  1850,  in  St.  Hartholo- 
niow's  Ohurch,  N.  Y.,  toChas.  Ih^nry  Watorbury,  son  of  John  Water- 
bury  and  Sarali  W»H>d,  of  Darinii,  Conn.  Tho  Watorl»ury8  aro 
(jf  Knj.(li.sli  do8C(Uit,  and  tho  Woods  of  I'uritan  ancestry,  lion- 
jam  in,  fathor  of  Sarah  Wood,  was  an  oHicor  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  of  177(5.  Blanche  Watorbury  is  the  only  survivinj^  child  of 
this  marriage. 

('harles  Jay  White  is  a  wholesale  merchant  of  N.  Y.,  and  was  mar- 
ried at  rortchester,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  10,  ISS.'i,  to  Mary  A.  Ahendroth, 
a  beautiful  young  lady  of  German  [janaitage,  but  born  in  tliis 
country.  Her  parents  were  ironmongors,  in  Darmstailt,  (iermany, 
and  came  to  the  United  States  to  avoid  the  conscription  of  their 
thr(!0  sons  into  the  German  army,  thus  sacrificing  tluur  interest  in 
tho  fatherland  for  the  sake  of  their  S(ms. 

Margaret  Jarvis  White,  who  possessed  the  same  propossijssing 
qualities  as  her  sister  Harriet,  was  married  Nov.  19,  IH57,  to  Jere- 
miah R.' Fairbank,  of  Klizabeth,  N.  J.  After  about  six  years  of 
hHp|)y  weddtjd  life,  she  died  of  hasty  consumption  at  Oakham, 
Mass.,  on  June  22,  18G4.     She  left  one  daughter,  Jessie  Fairbank. 

Willard  1*.  Voorhoes  is  a  lawyer  of  good  standing  in  New 
Brunswick.  He  was  married  on  the  l.')th  March,  1877,  to  Sarah 
Rutgers  Noilson. 

soo. 

Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 


N<».  Nmno.  Born. 

Catliar'c  Jiirvis,  Jan.  20,  1813 
rAH  .Imls'n  llariMoii,  Mcli.  33,  1811    Jan.   38,  1857 

3  (children. 
549  Jeamstle,  Juliette,  Murgaretta. 


Livinj^  in  Elizabeth- 
port,  N.  J. 


' 


SIS. 

F"'rcdorick  Htarr 

Jarvis,'  Aui^.    4,  1786 

550  Susan  Mcrrigold. 

12  children. 

551  Fr(!dcri(;k  Wni..  Feb.    7,  1818 
553  Amelia,  May  24,  1819 

553  (George  Thomas,  Nov.  30,  1830 

554  Stephen  jVIaule,  Nov.  32,  1833 

555  Peter  Ilobinson,2Aug.  lO,  1834 


1853 


Oct.  5,  1857. 
1830. 
Jan.  4,  ia')3. 
Sept.  10,  1850. 
Feb.  12,  1849. 


iFreilerick  Starr  Jarvis  was  on  service  with  the  militia  in  the  war  of  1812- 
14,  and  during  the  Rebellion  in  Upper  Canada,  in  1837,  was  (Tcntleman 
Usher  of  the  Black  Rod. 

■*  Resides  at  Stratford,  Ont.     Was,  formerly.  Mayor  of  that  town. 


DHXJKNKANTH    (>K    Wll, 1,1AM  —  KIKTII    UKNKIIATION.  7.S 

S'«/u    ^"T      .         .,     "'""                        "'""  Marrl«l  or  Hm,„rk.. 
.>n«(;hiiM.  Hovorlcy,   Nov.  10,  |83(i 

557  Miiry,                    Doc.     3,  1838     Kcl..   87.  |8«1  (),tt.   JIO,  1851. 

.W8  Arthur  Murmy.  (hit.   37.18:10  .<<><'•    3«»,  1R58. 

55»  II..nryAugU8lH.T)(T.  1M8;J3    Junr     7.  WMI  '  '''"'*'     "*'  '^'"^ 

500  Kdgiir.                 Jim.   38,18)15  (),.t.   n,  180;( 

501  Julia,  Nov.  37.  I8;I0 

503  HcsKiiIOliziibUi,  1H!I8    Jan.    11,  ia.5H 


%i  1  S3. 


FrniK'OH  Ainrlia 

Jurvi.s,  Mc'li. 
50;j  John  Miiiilr, 
14  children. 

504  KliziilKith,  .luiio 

505  Williiiru,  May 
500  (Jcorgc, 

507  KriiMccs  Aniolia,  ()(!t. 

508  Klizalicth.  July 
500  Carol ino,  July 

570  lOlhui,  Juno 

571  (Jcorgc!  Fri'd'k,  Fob. 
573  Isaholla,  July 
57y  Charlotto,  Junes 


33.  1787 

Jan. 

2li, 

1807 

July  10,  IHO». 

31),  1810 

July 

14. 

1818 

JIO.  1811 

Apr. 

1. 

I8:t8 

Diod  in  India. 

18i;i 

1).  in  infancy. 

38,  1811 

Doc. 

;i. 

1848 

Aug.    18;{5. 

3,  1810 

I),  in  infancy. 

38,  iHir 

('apt.  Ilunihly,  K.  N 

87,  1811) 

30,  1831 

31,  1833 

30.  1834 

July 

30, 

1804 

Juni!  ;{(».  1H03 

1880 


574  Arthur  Dillon,    Sept. 

575  Mary  (.'ntharine, 

570  Robert,  Aug.  80,  1831 

577  Henry  Hudgon,  July     1),  18;{4 


D.  in  India. 


Jim.      8,  I80;j. 
1860    Killed  in  battle  ia 
China. 


a  IS. 


Apr.  31,  1797    Aju-.   15,  1878     Dec.     fl,  1881. 
Mch.    3,  1843 


George  Stejihon 

Bonj.  Jarvis, 
578  JidiaHlusrwood, 

10  children. 
570  Julia  Eliza, a 

580  Francos  Amelia, 

581  Mary  Sophia, 

583  Mary  Sophia, 
58;^  Isabel  Maria, 

584  Caroline, 

585  (loo.  Sherwood, 
580  Ellon  Maria, 

'  Drowned  in  river  Avon,  trying  to  save  a  friend;  both  drowned. 
-  Married,  Ist,  Aug.  5,  1840,  Geo.  Ilauiilton.     3d,  Dec.  3,  1801    llonrv 
McKay.  ,  '  • 

10 


Aug. 

4,  1833 

Jan. 
Apr. 

30,  1830 
33,  1838 

Mch.  7,  183!) 

May 

5.  1843. 

Nov. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

13,  183!) 

4,  1831 

15,  18:53 

Aug.  80,  1837 

June 

19,  1850. 

Nov. 
Nov. 

8,  18:54 
10,  18:55 

Doc.  5.  18:55 

Sept. 

1!),  1805. 

l—*n 


74 


DESCENDANTS    OF    WILLIAM — FIFTH    GENEHATION. 


l-i 


i^^ 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

587  Adiel,  Ai)r.  13,  1830    Feb.     7,  1847 

588  Anne  Decima,     Feb.  17,  1843 

3tl  wife. 
58&  Anne  Maria  Mountain. 
8  children. 

590  Salter  Mountain, Dec.     5,  1844 

591  John  Lindsay,     Au,;,^  29,  1840    Aug.  10,  1847 
593  Arthur,  M.y  38,  1849 


Married  or  Remiirkp. 


Rev.  W.  H.  Vool. 


In  Holy  Orders. 


George  Stephkn  B.  Jarvis. 

[The  followinc:  sketch  is  al)bn:viated  from  an  arficle  wliich  appeared  in 
the  Montrml  Qazette  of  16th  April,  1878.] 

"Probably  the  old(>.st  Judge  in  the  Douiinion,  and  perhaps  the 
widest  Icnowu,  died  yesterduy  at  C«^rn\vall,  Ontario,  (leo.  Stepiien 
Benjamin  Jarvis,  Judge  of  tiie  united  counties  of  Storniont,  Dundas, 
and  <  jlengarry,  for  many  y(  ars  a  familiar  figure  at  Diocesan  and  Pro- 
vincial Synods  of  the  .\nglican  Church,  one  of  the  oldest  remain- 
ing of  the  York  Pioneers,  and  conspicuous  throughout  Ontario  for 
the  interest  taken  by  him  during  over  half  a  centuiy  in  the  devel- 
opment of  a  Canadian  military  spirit,  was  born  at  Fredericton, 
New  Brunswick,  on  the  21st  April,  \1S)1 .  His  father,  Stephen 
Jarvis,  served  as  a  Lieutenant  of  Cavalry  in  the  South  Carolina 
Royalists  during  the  Revolutionary  War." 

For  an  extended  account  of  his  eventful  life  we  refer  our  read- 
ers to  our  sketch  of  Tiim  which  appears  in  its  proper  place  in 
anotlK'r  part  of  this  work. 

"  The  late  Judge's  military  education  commenced  at  a  very  early 
age.  When  the  war  of  1812  broke  out  and  his  father's  regiment 
was  ordered  to  the  Upper  Province,  we  find  he  had  passed  through 
all  the  non-commissioned  grades  and  had  become  a  volunteer 
attached  to  the  49th  King's  Regiment.  With  this  corps  he  first 
smelt  powder  at  Queenstown  Heights,  and  in  his  later  days  never 
tired  of  recounting  his  experiences  on  that  occasion. 

"At  Queenstown  yoting  Jarvis,  then  15  years  old,  was  taken 
prisoner,  and  for  some  days  he  was  retained  in  the  camp  of  Gen- 
eral Van  Rensselaer.  He  soon,  however,  gained  his  release  and 
rejoined  the  49th,  in  wldch  ha  henceforth  seems  to  have  occupied 
the  position  of  a  gentleman  cadet,  passing  all  his  time  with  the 
officers,  and  admitted  to  the  privileges  of  their  mess.  Soon  after, 
the  regiment  retired  into  Fort  George  for  the  winter.  Early  in 
the  spring  of  181.3,  young  Jarvis  was  sent  to  Hamilton  with  a 
brigade  of  boats,  and  thence  to  York,  with  orders  to  bring  back  a 


DKSCKNDANTS   OF    WIl.MAM — FIFTH    OKNEKATION. 


75 


party  of  grenadiers  belonging  to  the  8th  regiment.  He  failed  in 
his  mission  for  the  excellent  reason  that  he  found  York  invested 
by  the  Americans,  and,  on  the  27th  April,  he  took  pfut  in  the  battle 
which,  as  all  know,  ended  by  the  ictreat  of  fhe  British  and 
Canadian  forces  to  Kingston.  En  route,  he  was  appointed  an 
Assistant  ("Commissary,  and  on  arrival  at  Kingston  was  selected  to 
fill  an  appointment  on  the  sialT  of  Sir  K.  Sheaffe.  In  this  position 
he  remained  imtil,  York  being  evacuated  by  the  enemy,  he  was 
ordered  to  rejoin  his  regiment  on  the  Niagara  frontier,  when,  to 
his  utter  disgust,  he  found  Fort  George  in  the  hai'ds  of  the  enemy, 
and  the  British  in  full  retreat  upon  Hamilton.  Thouce  young 
Jarvis  was  speedily  dispatched  oh  a  rcconnoitcring  expedition  in  the 
direction  of  Stony  Creek.  Four  da}  s  afterwards,  he  fell  in  with 
the  enemy's  advanced  guard,  and  after  a  coanci]  of  war,  the  49th, 
seven  hundred  strong,  marched  out  to  encounter  the  Americans — 
the  Light  Company,  to  which  Mr.  Jarvis  was  attached,  leading  the 
advance.  The  Americans  were  defeated  by  a  force  less  than  one- 
fifth  of  their  iiumber,  and,  through  the  intervention  of  the  fleet, 
were  shut  up  until  the  winter  in  Fort  (Jeorge.  On  the  28th  June, 
Jarvis  was  engaged  at  the. capture  of  the  Beaver  dam,  and  subse- 
quently in  the  affairs  of  Fort  Schlosser  and  Black  Rock. 

"On  the  30th,  he  was  present  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Niagara, 
which  was  retained  during  the  remainder  of  the  war.  "While  , 
stationed  here,  he  was  notified  of  his  appointment  to  aTi  ensigncy 
in  the  Hth  (King's)  Regiment,  which  he  immediately  joined,  and 
with  it  he  was  present  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Erie,  and  the  subse- 
quent disa.strous  battle  of  ('hippewa,  where  tJie  8th  covered  the 
retreat  of  tlu;  British  forces.  Next  came  Lundy's  Lane,  the  most 
terrible  action  of  the  war,  when  Jarvis,  who  had  then  attained  the 
age  of  17  years  and  3  months,  commanded  a  company  of  his 
battalion,  and  acted  throughout  with  singular  intrepidity.  The 
storming  of  Fort  Erie,  perhaps  the  bloodiest  strife  of  the  war, 
again  found  Jarvis  at  the  front,  and  here,  again,  on  the  17th  of 
September,  he  was  taken  jirisoiier,  escaping  after  a  .'series  of  singu- 
lar adventurers.  Tlur  evacuation  of  the  fort  by  the  Anu^ricans 
shortly  afterwards  brought  to  a  close  the  war  on  the  Niagara 
frontier,  and  the  8th  received  orders  to  march  to  Montreal,  from 
which  they  embarked  for  England.  The  deceased's  military  career 
was  thus  cut  short.  In  tht'  spring  of  1815  Mr.  Jarvis  was  stationed 
at  Windsor  Castle,  but  shortly  afterwards  he  was  i)laced  on  half- 
pay  or  reduction.     Through  the  intercession  of  Sir  R.  Sheaffe  he 


T' 


76 


DKSCKNnANTS   OP   WILMAM — PrFTH    ORNKRATION. 


!  |:l 


1  I 


was,  however,  reappointed — this  time  to  the  1 04th  regiment,  sta- 
tioned in  Canada,  but  hardly  had  he  arrived  ont,  when  the  1 04th 
was  disbanded,  and  he  was  again  placed  on  the  retired  list." 

"In  1817,  Mr.  Jarvis  commenced  the  study  of  the  law,  and  in  the 
succeeding  year  he  was  attached  to  the  firu)  of  the  late  Hon.  Jonas 
Jones  of  Brockville,  in  which  he  became  a  partner  in  1820.  In 
January,  1823,  he  was  called  to  the  Bar,  being  then  sixty-ninth  on 
the  roll.  Of  all  his  contemporaries,  Mr.  Norton  Buell  of  Toronto, 
is  now  the  only  survivor,  in  1834,  Mr.  Jarvis  was  named  a 
Bencher  of  the  Law  Socdety  of  Upper  Canada;  in  I8,'i5,  County 
Judge  of  Prescott  and  Russell;  iji  1837.  of  Leeds  and  (xrenville; 
ana  iv  1842,  of  Stormont,  Duudas,  and  Glengarry.  The  latter 
appointment  he  held  to  the  day  of  his  death,  though  for  the  past 
year  his  duties  have  been  performed  by  the  Junior  Judg<\  The 
Judge's  career  on  the  Bench,  extending  over  51  years,  has  through- 
out been  marked  by  tlie  same  zeal  and  unswerving  devotion  to 
duty  which  signalized  his  brief  but  active  service  as  a  soldiei'. 
During  his  judicial  career,  notwithstanding  the  immense  amount 
of  work  he  performed,  it  is  on  record  that  only  four  cases  of  those 
decided  by  him  were  appealed,  and  two  of  these  were  upheld  by 
the  Supreme  Courts." 

"In  1836,  the  deceased  Judge  was  elected  to  represent  the 
town  of  Cornwall  in  the  Provincial  Parlianujut,  and,  in  1850, 
was  appointed  Lieut. -Colonel  of  the  1st  Stormont  Militia.  'I'lie 
last  time  he  displaced  an  active  interest  in  inilitaiy  matters  was 
during  tlu  Trent  affair,  when  ho,  was  instrunuuital  in  raising  a 
company  /or  Captain  ( )liver.  a  service  r(!cognized  by  the  presenta- 
tion to  him  of  an  address  and  a  sword  of  honor  by  the  officers 
and  men  he  had  called  into  activity. 

"Throughout  his  long  life  Judge  Jarvis  was  an  uncompromising 
churchnum.  As  he  was  a  contempoi-ary,  so  he  was  a  steadfast 
friend  and  adniirer  of  the  late  Bishop  Strachan,  long  the  header  of 
the  ('hurch  militant  in  Upper  (Canada,  and  the  moving  spirit  of  that 
much-abused  family  compact  which  at  one  time  ruled  the  politics  of 
the  Province.  Of  late  years  the  Judge  has  taken  a  very  active  inter- 
est in  the  building  of  the  Strachan  Memorial  Church  at  Cornwall, 
and  on  several  occasions  has  lectured  on  the  War  of  1812  in  order  to 
help  in  providing  funds  for  that  ol)ject.  As  illustrative  of  the  late 
Judge's  devotion  to  the  church,  it  nmy  be  sfid  that  he  invariably 
set  apart  one-tcuith  of  his  income  for  church  puii)Oses,  and  at 
Synod  and  Vestry  he  lost  no  opportunity  of  proclaiming  this  to  be 
the  first  duty  of  every  churchman." 


DRSCKNDANTS   OP   WILTJAM — FIFTH    OKNKRATroN. 


77 


a  1 «. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Wm.  Botsforil 

Jarvis,"  May     4,  17))!)    July  ^fi.  lH(i4 

rm  Mary  Boyles  Powell.  =-' 

5  children. 
594  Ann  Frances,     May     4,  tSIJO 
mry  Louisa,  Deo.  10,  18^] 

nOd  Wni.  Duninier,  Au!,^    4,  1834 
r)97  Sarah,  May     4,  1880 

rm  Robert  Kdward 

Col  borne,''      Mch.    4,  1842 

SIS. 

Samuel  Jarvis,   July  28,  1783    Jiuie  22,  IHrA 

599  Sarah  Gould. 

4  <hildreu. 

600  Mary  Ann,  Henry  Starr,  Cornelia,  Minerva. 


Married  or  Rmnnrke. 


• 


Benj.  S.  Jarvis,  April  l;),  17:54    Dec.  24.  1840 
.  E.  W.  Carr. 
2  children. 
001  Autoinelle  Augusta  and  Renjaiuin. 


EliStarr  Jarvis,  Jan.   21),  178(; 

603  Louise  CiiapniMn,  Sejil.  13,  1820 

2  children. 
60a  Eli/,.i, 

604  lliuriette. 

2d  wife. 
005  Prudence  White. 


Mr.  Gidiui--.   Reside  in 
Miehinau. 


'  William  Botsford  Jarvis,  for  many  years  Sheriff  of  the  Home  District, 
comman(h'<l  a  re.uiment  during  the  Itebellion,  18!{7-8. 

-Mrs.  William  B.  Jarvis  was  a  granddaughter, of  the  bile  Hon.  William 
Dunuuer  Powell,  Ciiii^f  Justice  of  Tpper  Canada,  and  Spe,il«-r  of  the 
Legislative  Council. 

•'Robert  Colborne  Jiirvis  entered  If.  M.  service  in  the  100th  regiment. 
1857;  be  afterwards  exchanged  into  the  07th  regiment,  in  which  regiment 
be  now  is  n  (!upliiin,  and  attached  to  the  Stall  College  iit  Sandhurst. 
The  French  Society  ])re.sented  him  with  a  lironze  cross  for  his  services 
during  the  Franco-Prussian  War. 


1 1 

flB 

III 


I 


78 


DE8CENDANTH    (>F   WILLIAM — FIFTlf    OKNKRATION. 

Bom.  Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 


No.  Name. 

Henry  Jarvis,      Apr.  36,  1788    Mch.  19,  1843    Oct.    liJ,  1817. 
600  Marietta  Sanford,  July  14,  1843 

5  dilldren. 

607  Henry  Sanford,  Aug.     8,  1818  Dec.     2,  1849. 

608  Mari'ta  Bradley,  July     1,1820  Aug.  20,  1839. 

609  Sarah  Maria,  \    Apr.     7,  1836  Mch.  15,  1853. 

[•  Twins. 

610  Francis  C,     )     Apr.     7,1826  Dec.  37,  1854. 

611  Eliza  Ann,  Apr.  22,  1828  Feb.   15,  1856. 


Sarah  Jarvis, 
613  J.  P.  Reynolds, 
'S  children. 

613  Jane  Eliza, 

614  Abhy  Amelia, 

615  Harriet  P., 


Wm.  A.  JarvLs, 

616  Julia  Parsons, 

4  children. 

617  Enieline  ('. , 

618  Charles  A., 

619  Joseph  W., 
630  Sarah  J., 


Aug.  24,  1791 

Nov.    1,  1786    Feb.     3,  1870 

Dec.  25,  1812 

Oct.      7,  1813 

May  28,  1837    Feb.     5,  1863 

Dec.  19,  1793 

Feb.  30,  1804    Nov.  13,  1878 

Dec.  30,  1827    Jan.      3,  1S.53 

Oct.  13,  1830 

July  17,  1832 

Mch.    3,  1834 


S40. 

Comfort  S.Knapp, Oct.  18, 1787    Julv    27,  1805 
621  Mary  Peck, 

1  child. 
638  Francis. 

2d  wife. 
623  Harriet  Warner, 

1  child. 
634  William  Starr, 


Mch.  11,  1811. 


Oct.  13,  1830,  to  W.  S. 
Bartlctt. 

June  6,  1833,  to  War- 
ren Case. 

8ept.l4, 1853,  to  David 
Randall. 


Oct.      4,  1835. 

Nov.  16,  1848,  to 
DwightA.  NviVTton. 

Dec.  34,  1863,  to  Mary 
A.  Barber. 

June  24,  1858,  to  Han- 
nah L.  Finch. 

June  24, 1855,  to  John 
Severson. 


Dec.    25,  1810. 


Oct.    23,  1810. 

Died  aged  40 
leaving  1  son. 


DESCENDANTS    OK    WILLIAM — FIFTH    (JENEKATION. 


79 


S4S. 

No.          Name. 

Born. 

Died 

] 

Vlarried  or  Hemarkf 

Amelia  Jar  vis 

Knapp, 

Apr.     6, 

1703 

1812. 

«35  Jolin  Barnett, ' 

Feb.     4, 

1787 

Dec.  25, 

1874 

8  children. 

(52fi  Tryphena, 

Jnne  2(», 

1814 

637  Fran's  Knai)p, 

Sept.  13, 

1816 

Sept.  33, 

1837 

028  Frederick, 

Sept.  13, 

1816 

June    2, 

1849 

-  Twin.'^. 

029  George, 

Oct.   20, 

1820 

Twins. 

630  Jeannette, 

Oct.  20, 

1830 

631  James, 

Dec.   16. 

1837 

Dec.     3. 

1860 

632  Jane  Evelina, 

Dec.   16, 

1827 

-  Twins. 

633  John, 

Mch.  17, 

1834 

Mb8.  Amelia  Jakvis  Barnktt 

Was  born  in  the  year  1792,  and  now  (1879)  resides  in  Lakeville. 
Connecticut.  Slio  was  married  in  ISl'.J,  and  had  lived  witli  her 
husband  62  years  until  his  decease.  Mrs.  Barnett's  mother  was 
the  daughter  of  Stephen  Jarvis  of  Danbury,  Conn.,  And  her  father 
was  Francis  Knapp. 

Mrs.  Barnett,  at  the  present  writing,  is  nearly  87  years  old,  and 
from  her  chirography  she  shows  that  age  has  dealt  very  leniently 
with  her.  Her  sentences  are  clear,  and  her  knowledge  and  state- 
ment of  facts  and  incidents  in  relation  to  her  family,  show  that  her 
mind  is  still  unimpaired  and  reliable. 

She  lives  with  one  of  her  sons,  and  her  life  is  evidently  one  of 
tranquillity  and  peace,  as  her  mind  seems  so  cheerful  under  her 
weight  of  yeai's.  She  says  the  world  still  looks  beautif\il  to  her, 
and  that  she  enjoys  the  varying  seasons  in  their  endless  variety  of 
sunshine  and  shade,  out  that  with  the  unalteral)lp  truth  before  her 
that  her  life  is  nearing  its  end,  she  looks  forward  with  unfaltering 
trust  to  a  glorious  future,  awaiting  with  Christian  resignation  that 
great  and  certain  change  that  must  sooner  or  later  conie  to  all. 


W- 


«40. 

William  W. 

Wellman,        Aug.     5,  1793    July  32,  1870    Apr.  13,  1817.  . 
634  Sally  Maria  Hub- 
boll, 
5  children. 

'  The  father  of  John  Barnett  was  Chaplain  in  the  l^evohitionarv  army. 
His  mother's  name  was  Trypheua  Spencer,  sister  of  the  late  .ludge  Ambrose 
Spencer  of  Albany. 


80 


DESOENIMNTO    OF    WII.I.IAM- 


II! 


m 


% 


No.  Name.  Horn, 

(inr)  (}po.  Fmlorick.  Apr.  l:i,  1818 
(i;{6  Win.  A  If  ml,       July  11,  1830 

037  Menilt  ITul)l.cll..Tiin.  15,  183:5 
«;{8  llemy  HoiiKM-,  \  Sept.  ;}(),  1836 

[     Twins. 
0:59  Homer  Hciiiy,  )  Sept,.  ;5(>,  1836 


-FIFTH    OFNEIJATION. 
Died. 


Married  or  KiMiiarkf . 
Junr  33,  1846. 
Apr.  37.  1871,  to  Mrs. 

Hally  II.  Brewster. 
Oct.    17,  1854. 
July  3:3,  1856. 


1836 

Oct.. 

7,  1851. 

asi. 

1799 

Nov. 

a,  1833. 

Betsey  Ann 
Wellnian, 

640  SiliLs  Camp, 

9  children. 

641  P'refVk  Worst er,  Nov.    3,  183:5     Apr.   17,  1853 

643  Carolines.,         July    ;3,  1835  Se|>t.  35,  1845. 
64:5  (diaries  Edwin,  Feb.  35,  1837    Feb.     8,  1839 

644  Elizabeth  A.,       Oct.    1:5,1838  Jan.,         1854. 
645{!harlesn.,          July    7,18:50    Nov.    1,1834 

(i4(i  Geo.  William,     Apr.  10,  18:58    Apr.  34;  1874    Jan.    16,  1856. 

647  Helen  Maria,       June    8,  18:54    June    7,  1853 

648  Frances  Isadora, Jime    3,  1836     Apr.  10,  1839 


649  Theodre  Edson,  July  30,  1839 


Dec.   15,  1869. 


Stephen  Starr 

Jarvis, 

Dec. 

35, 

1811 

Nov.  34,  1835. 

650  Ami  Jjouisa 

Lyon, 

Mar. 

84, 

1813 

3  children. 

651  Josephine, 

Oct. 

18, 

1838 

, 

June  5, 18()0,  to  C.  Bald- 
win, one  son,  died. 

653  Wm.  Henry. 

Stuart,! 

June 

1, 

1846 

653  Belle, 

Nov. 

18, 

1840 

arr. 

Mary  Jarvis, 

1806 

Dec.    13,  1833. 

654  G.  M.  Foster, 

5  children. 

655  Sarah  C, 

18:^4 

1871,  Dr.  S.  Hannahs 

656  Gl'ori^e, 

1836 

1859. 

657  Mary  Jarvis, 

1838 

1848. 

658  Charley, 

1840 

1846. 

659  Henry, 

1848 

In  infancy. 

1  Married  Feb.  15,  1871,  to  Tryphena  Ferris  of  Norwalk.     One  daugh- 
ter, Susan,  b.,  June  10,  1875. 


;  1   ■ 

m 


v^:^ 


DESCENDANTS   OP   WILLIAM — FIFTH   OENERATION.  81 

No.  Name.  Bom.  Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

Angelina  Jarvis,  1808     Mch.  13,  1866  1844. 

660  Reuben  Knapp, 

4  children. 

661  Mary,  Aug.  17,  1845    Mch.    5,  1859 

662  Marg.  Augusta,  July  28,  1847 

663  Alice  Miller,        Dec,  23,  1848    Apr.  19,  1874  1871. 

664  Delia  Anne,         July     9,  1850  1874. 


Augusta  Jarvis,  1811 

665  Harrison  Miller, 

3  children. 

666  Samuel  Jarvis,    Sept.    1,  1830    Dec.  26,  1863 

667  Henry  Harrison,  Apr.   12,  1841     Sept.  21,  1843 


1838. 


Willett  Ranny 

Jarvis,  1813 

668  Anna  Hiles.  of  Wisconsin. 

5  children. 

669  Nellie,  Charles,  Prank,  William,  and  Harriet  Augusta. 

30S. 

Ann  Christina 
FarmarJarvis.Mch.  18,  1819  Dec,        1845 

670  Theodore  Mau- 

noiAM.D.,  1806    Apr.  26,  1869    of  Geneva,  Switzerl'd. 

3  children. 

671  Leon  David 

Albert,  M.D.,  Oct.  26,  1848    Nov.    3.  1878    Died  at  Southampton, 

England. 

672  Louise  Ann 

Winton,  Nov.  28,  1852 

673  Christine  Eliz'h, 

(called)  Albertine,  Nov.  5, 1856 


3or. 

Rev.  Samuel 
Fermor  Jarvis,  Aug.    3,  1825 

674  Lucy  Gushing,    Dec.  15,  1830 

3  children. 

675  Lucy  Gushing,    Dec.  23,  1864 

676  Samuel  Fermor,  Nov.  19,  1866 

677  Ellen  Anderson,  Feb.  26,  1873 

11 


Aug.  25,  1858. 
dau.  Silas  llolman, 
M.D., of  Gardiner,  Me. 


82 


DK80KNDANTS   OF    WILMAM FIFTH    GENERATION. 

30S. 


Born. 


Died. 


Married  or  RemnrkB. 

June    5,  1849. 
Born  in  Paris. 


No.  Name. 

Sarah  E.  M.  A. 

Jarvis,  June   2,  1837, 

678  Edward  S.  Hall.  1816 

6  children. 

679  Edward  Farmar,  June    8,  1850 

680  Theodore  Mau- 

noir,  Jan.  24,  1854 

681  Fr'k  DePeyster,  Aug.  10,  1855 
68a  Christina,  Nov.    4,  1858 

683  Mary.  Mch.  15.  1861    Mch.    15,  1861 

684  Arthur  Cleve- 

land, Oct.         1865 

31  1. 

Elizabeth  Jarvis.Meh.   8,  1793  Mch.  28,  1811. 

685  John  II.  Mc- 

Alpine,            Feb.  1.  1783    Apr.   15,  1865 
8  children. 

686  William  Jarvis,  Apr.  30,  1813                                Feb.  84,  1841. 
087  Amelia  Anna,      Oct.  6,1816                               Nov.     9,1833. 

688  Eliz'h  Gertrude,  Apr.     5,  1819  May   19,  1820 

689  Charles  Osboni,  Mch.    4,  1821  Oct.    10,  1821 

690  Elizabeth  Mary, '  Aug.  31,  1 823  Aug.  16,  1847. 

691  George,  Feb.     7,  1836  Feb.  38,  1830 

693Cha.s.Le  Grand,  Feb.  10,  1838  Dec.     7,1871.     Stella 

Avery  Farrington. 

693  George,  Feb.     3,  1833    Sept.  37,  1844 

31«. 

Huldah  Jarvis,    Apr.    9,  1794    Sept.  18,  1837    May   18,  1816.  ' 

^5^  l-Chas.  Osborn,«Aug.  17,  1793    Mch.  18.  1869 

694  ) 

6  children. 

696  Elizabeth,''  Mch.   7,1817    Nov.  15,1868    June,  1838. 

697  Charles  F.,  Sept.  38,  1818  Mch.  33,  1841. 

Apr.  19,  1865. 

698  Maria  F.,  Mch.  18,  1820    Aug.    8,1822 

699  Julia  Esther,       Oct.    28,  1831     May    9,  1833 

700  Frances  ]\[iu-ia,   Apr.  36,  1823  May,  1843,  to  Chas,  FI. 

Jennings. 


1  Married  James  L.  McGregor.    Had  Mary  Stuart  and  John  Alpine. 
*  Born  and  died  in  Norwalk.     He  was  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Betsey 
Osborn. 
»  Married  Aaron  Hardman.     He  died  Dec.  12,  1878. 


DESCENDANTS    OK   WIT.MAM — FIFTH    GENERATION. 


83 


No.  Namn,  Horn.  DIod.  Married  or  ltuiniirk». 

701  Upor.ne  L.,  Feb.   1«,  1825     Oct.    13,  187«{     Mcli.  2(1   1853,  Snnili 

E.  Todd. 
2d  wife. 
703  MiiiyAiinWhite.Det'.  14,  180« 
<1  children. 

703  Stephen  W.,        Aug.  14,  1830     Fel).   17,  1872 

704  William  .r.,  Mch.    <,  1833     Apr.  24.  1835 

705  William  J.,  2d,  Mch.  27,  1886 

706  Lewis,  Mch     5,  1842    Mch.    7,  1843 

707  Henry,  May  16,  1844    May     9,  1840 

708  Mary  E.,  Aug,    6,1846 


April.  1829. 
Louisa  John.s. 


Chark'H  Brown. 


Charles  Osborn. 

The  subject  of  this  brief  .sketch  was  a  native  of  Connecticut,  hav- 
ing been  born  in  the  town  of  Norwalk,  August  17,  1792.  He  was 
r<^lated  by  birth,  and  also  by  marriage,  to  the  .larvis  family,  (.apt. 
Samuel  Jarvis  l)eing  his  great  grandfather. 

In  early  life,  about  the  year  1807,  he  went  to  New  York,  in 
which  city,  a  few  years  later,  he  established  himself  as  a  watch- 
maker and  jeweler,  on  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  V^esey  street, 
and  continued  in  this  business  until  1820.  From  that  year  until 
1841,  he  devoted  his  attention  to  the  care  and  management  of  real 
e.state,  enjoying  the  confidence  of,  and  l>eing  employed  by,  such 
men  as  Gen.  S.  V^an  Rensselaer,  Gen.  Morgan  Lewis,  John  J.  Astor. 
and  other  well-known,  eminent  citizens  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Osborn  was  twice  married.  At  the  age  of  23  years  he 
married  Miss  Huldah  Jarvis,  daughter  of  Noah  Jarvis;  they  had 
six  children.  After  her  decease,  in  18^7,  ho  married  Miss  Mary 
A.  White  of  New  York.  By  this  second  marriage  they  had  six 
children.  In  the  year  1841,  he  retired  from  active  business  and 
removed  to  Norwalk,  his  native  town,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death,  in  1869.  He  lived  to  a  good  old  age,  and  died  in  his  77th 
year,  respected  and  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him. 

Mr.  Osborn  was  an  affectionate  husband  and  father,  and  a  kind 
and  steadfast  friend. 


3S1. 

Elizabeth  Jarvis, 

1798 

709  Jonathan  Water- 

bury. 

3  children. 

710  Nelson  Jarvis. 

711  Chas.  Augustus, 

Mch.    f 

8,  1877    Mary  J.  Voley,  who  died 
July  80,  1877. 


84 


DKBOKN'DANTH   OK    Wfl.t.lAM — KIKTII    OKNKRATION. 


No.  Nnmo. 

718  Klizuhctli  (Icr- 
tnido. 


iiurn. 


Died. 


Mnrrli'd  (ir  Huninrku 


Nelson  Jurvis,     Aug.  15,  1H0()    .Inn.      H,  IHOIJ     Hcpt.    H,  IH'i'i. 

7i:j  F<:i().si!i(}niy,        Soj)!.  18,  1K()2    .lunc  31.  1833 

I  cliild. 

714  Klosia  L..'  Juhp  17.  1883 

8(1  wife. 

.715  Mary  Hayiiioiid,  Feb.     1.  1H(>;{     July    13,18(57 
4  children. 

7i(i  Francis.  Au.u.  33.  188(i     Ft-h.     H,  183(i 

717  Kilza  Rowland,   Mcii.    !>,  1838 

718,lulia  Htiyniond,  Oct.    15.  1830 

710  Mar'a  Chapujan.July  16.  1831 

Nklson  Jauvih 


Nov.  35.  1835. 


Nov.  38,  1840. 
Feb.     0,  1870, 


Was  born  on  Friday ,tAiig.  15,  1800,  in  tho  old  homestt^ad  of  his 
grandfather,  Doctor  Joseph  Chapman,  at  Poplar  riains,  late  Nor- 
walk,  now  Westport,  C;onn. 

His  father  and  mother  died  of  yellow  fever  during  the  preva- 
lence of  that  disease  in  New  York  in  1801.  He  and  his  sister 
?]lizal)(!t]i  were,  consequently,  for  several  years,  in  the  care  of  their 
grandfatlier  Chapman's  family.  When  Nelson  was  a))out  five 
years  old,  he  was  placed  in  cliarge  of  his  grandfather,  Hezekiah  Jar- 
vis,  who  resided  in  the  old  homestead  of  the  Jarvis  family  in  Nor- 
walk,  Coryi.,  and  this  he  was  accustomed  to  call  his  home.  He 
attended  school  at  the  academy  in  Norwalk,  afterwards  at  the  acad- 
emy in  Greenfield,  and  at  (Cheshire,  ("!onn.  Like  David,  he  loved  to 
throw  stones.  The  weathercock  of  St.  Paul's  church,  Norwalk,  fell 
by  his  hands.  The  boarding-house  at  (Ireenfield  Academy  was 
incidentally  supplied  from  their  own  barnyard  by  his  unerring 
aim,  when  the  scholars  sought  a/oiol  diet. 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  apprenticed  to  a  Mr.  Bull  of  Danbury,  Conn.,  to 
be  taught  the  trade  of  draper  and  tailor,  and  remained  with  him 
until  he  was  nearly  twenty-one  years  of  age.  Not  being  in  vigor- 
ous health,  he  went  South  to  recu{)erate,  and,  on  his  return,  renewed 
his  early  attachment  for  Elosia,  only  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Gray 
of  Poplar  Plains.  The  young  man,  flush  with  the  style,  dress,  and 
gentility  of  city  life,  was  forbidden  the  privilege  by  the  stern  old 
farmer.     Nevertheless,  he  inarried   Elosia  on  Sunday,  September 


»  Married  Oct.  29,  1840,  toE.  8.  Landers;  April.  1865,  Geo.  B.  Bates. 


DKHCKNOANTS    (>K    WIM.IAM — FIFTH    aKNKKATlt)N. 


85 


8,  1822.  AtU'.Y  inoro  intiinato  acquaintaiico  with  his  son-in-law, 
Captain  (Iray  amply  apoloj^i/od  for  having  a(ito(l  upon  iniprcHsions, 
which  a  fine  form,  ologant  dress,  and  city  manners  had  wrongly 
led  him  to  suppose  covered  evils  of  fact,  but  which  lie  afterwards 
learned  (existed  only  in  his  own  imaginRtion.  ?ilosia  died  Satur- 
day, June  21,  i82;{,  leaving  a  daughter  four  days  old.  In  the 
following  autumn,  Mr.  .Tarvis  visited  the  South  again  in  the  interests 
of  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Jonathan  Waterbury,  with  whont  he 
continued  in  business  connection  for  several  years. 

On  the  2r)th  November,  1825,  h(wnarried  Mary,  (>ld(^st  dauglitor 
of  Lewis  Raymond,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Saugatu<;k,  now  West- 
port,  Conn.  Of  this  marriages  tluM'e  were  born  one  .son,  who  died 
when  about  ton  years  of  agc^  and  three  daughters,  still  living. 

About  1829,  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his  uncle,  Samuel 
Jarvis,  under  the  style  of  S.  &  N.  Jarvis,  and  so  continued  until 
1837,  when  Samuel  retired,  and  Nelson  assumed  the  debts  of  the 
firm,  and,  by  untiring  industry,  paid  them  in  full.  The  burden  ho 
assiuned,  and  so  nol)ly  carried,  prevented  the  ac'quirement  of  the 
wealth  that  otherwise  would  have  resulted  from  his  industry  and 
perseverance. 

About  1817,  Mr.  Jarvis,  having  a  large  aciiuaiiitanco  a.iiong  the 
clergy  of  the  Episcopal  ('hurch  in  the  United  States  and  Canada — 
at  the  request  of  his  friends  among  the  clergy,  prominent  among 
them  the  late  Rev.  J)r.  Muhlenb(n-g — was  induced  to  special  efi'orts 
to  obtain  uniformity  in  the  "  cut  of  the  cloth"  for  the  clei'gy,  more  in 
character  with  the  habit  and  di*ess  of  the  ministers  of  the  English 
('hurch,  and  with  regard  to  clerietal  comfort  and  convenience. 
Soon  the  notoriety  of  a  lai-g(!ly  increased  business  in  this  special 
branch  led  him  to  adopt  the  title  (first  of  the  name)  of  "  Clerical 
Tailor,"  whi(;h  has  now  become  common  to  those  who  serve  the 
clergy  in  that  business. 

A  Christian  and  Churchman  of  firm  though  uiodest  character, 
early  led  by  a  working  faith  to  loving  duties  in  the  church,  he  was 
prominent  in  the  parish,  where  he  worshiped,  not  only  as  a  con- 
stant observer,  but  as  a  doer  of  church  work.  For  many  years  he 
was  Superintendent  of  St.  Paul's  Sunday-school  in  Trinity  Parish, 
New  York.  His  children,  hand  in  hand  with  him,  wiMided  their 
way  thither,  ami  were  known  and  observed  of  all.  In  the  front 
pew  of  old  St.  Paul's,  in  his  latter  days,  his  gray  head  was  seen  as 
he  stood,  and  kneeled,  and  prayed  in  the  parish  where  he  wor- 
shiped in  his  youth. 


86 


nEHf'KNDANTS   OF    WII.IJAM — FIFTH    nENFRATtON. 


In  .Inly,  1M")0,  h«^  wa»  olorterl  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  flic  vcHtry  of 
Trinity  pariHli,  and  by  rcvclection,  continuofi  to  be  a  voHtrynian  in 
that  corporation  until  removed  by  death. 

In  hifi  family,  with  hiw  wife  and  children,  Mr.  .Inrvi«  waH  kind, 
indulgent,  and  loving,  always  attentive  to  those  dntiew,  which  the 
church  had  taught  him  were  the  strength  of  the  houHchold  and 
the  Huh  of  God. 

Karly  in  tl»e  summer  of  I8fi2,  because  of  his'declining  health,  he 
was  induced  to  visit  his  native  town,  at  the  residence  of  his  daugh- 
ter, Klosia.  Durijig  the  sfimmor  he  gradually  failed  in  strength; 
at  the  H(!tting  in  of  wijiter  was  unabh;  to  leave  his  room,  and  tm 
the  Hth  Janiiary,  186.'?,  (juietly  breathed  his  last. 

The  funeral  service  was  read  in  the  Memorial  Church  of  the 
Holy  'J'rinity,  Westport,  by  the  Rev.  Doctors  Morgan  Dix,  Benj.  1. 
Jlaight,  and  Win.  ('oopi^r  Mead.  An  address  was  given  in  the 
coui-se  of  the  services,  y)y  the  Rev.  Dr.  Dix.  who  said  "  .Although 
the  custom  of  delivering  addresses  on  occasions  such  as  that  which 
brings  us  here  to-day  is  comparatively  unknown  in  th(!  church, 
yet  are  there  moments  when  siu'h  an  addition  to  the  solemn  ser- 
vice of  hurial  appears  not  to  be  ill-timed.  I  knew  him,  and  may 
with  propriety  speak  thus  at  his  burial.  Our  departed  brother 
.seemed  to  fill  tlie  'dea  of  a  good  man;  when  thinking  of  him,  tho.se 
words  of  the  Psalmist  come  to  the  mind  as  though  (!8pe(;ially  appro- 
priate, Psalm  XV. — Let  him  who  willeth  read." 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  buried  on  Saturday,  the  lOtli  of  January,  ISfi.'}, 
in  the  consecrated  g'  'und  of  Christ  Church,  VVestport,  ('onn., 
committed  by  the  Rev.  Benjamin  1.  Haight,  D.D.,  and  awaits  the 
coming  of  the  Lord,  W.  T.  M. 


3«."5. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Geo.  A.  Jarvis  2d,Mch.  9,  1800 


Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

Sept.  1,  1833,  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Antbon. 

720  Cath.  Amelia 

Jarvis,  April,      1813    July  28,  1834 

2d  wife. 

721  Mary  McLean,  Jan.    16,  1813    Nov.  27,  1854    Feb.  8,  1836,  by  Rev. 

Mr.  Btrobel. 
5  children. 

722  Chas,  Augustus,  Jan.     5,1837    Sept.  28,  1838 

723  Mary  Caroline,  Nov.  15,  1838    Oct.    20,  1839 

724  MaryCaroline2d,Sept.l9.1840  June  20,  1871. 

725  Chas.  Aug,  2d,  Sept.  23,  1842    May   13,  1862 


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DKSCKNDA'NTS    OF    WILLIAM — FIFTH    GENERATION. 


87 


' 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Reniarlis. 

726  George,  Dec.     7.  1844    June  11,  1864 

3d  wife. 

727  Miu-ia  P.  Jenkins,  > Aug.23, 1829  July  10,  1857. 

GEORaE  A.  Jarvis 

Was  born  in  Cheshire,  Conn.,  on  the  9th  of  March,  18GC.  His 
father  held  civil  and  ecclesiastical  offices  of  trast  and  influence 
for  many  years,  while  his  mother  watched  tenderly  for  the  welfare 
of  the  children,  and  impressed  upon  them  the  necessity  of  honesty 
and  industry,  a  high  respect  for  religion,  and  a  regular  attendance 
upon  the  services  of  the  church. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  a  fair  education  at  the 
Episcopal  Academy  in  Cheshire,  then  under  the  care  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Tillotson  Bronson;  but,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  preferring  a 
mercantile  to  a  professional  life,  he  went  to  New  York,  and  by  the 
aid  of  his  uncle,  Noah  Jarvis,  obtained  a  clerkship  for  one  year, 
without  salary.  His  home,  during  this  time,  was  with  his  uncle, 
and  his  clerkship,  though  an  agreeable  one,  was  useful  only,  as  it 
proved,  in  the  way  of  education,  for  his  employers  failed  at  the 
end  of  the  second  year,  and  he  was  left  without  a  situation. 

The  general  depression  in  all  circles  of  business  after  1826,  made 
it  exceedingly  difficult  to  obtain  another  place  suited  to  his  ntind. 
His  uncle,  therefore,  having  confidence  in  his  ability  and  persever- 
ance, kindly  assisted  him  to  open  a  grocery  store,  and,  after  ten 
years'  hard  labor  and  assiduous  attention  to  the  business,  he  had 
accumulated  enough  to  enter  upon  the  wholesale  trade.  In  1854, 
he  withdrew  from  the  firm  of  Stanton  &  Jarvis  with  a  ci'edit  and 
character  untarnished  by  failure  or  compromise,  and  that,  too,  after 
an  active  business  life  of  26  years — many  of  tliem  y»mrs  of  disaster 
and  ruin  to  old  and  establislunl  houses.  This  stop  was  in  accord- 
ance with  a  resolution  early  formed  that  he  would  retire  when  it 
should  be  convenient  after  he  had  accumulated  a  moderate  com- 
petency. 

In  1860,  he  was  unanimously  elected  President  of  the  Jjcnox 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  New  York,  an  offici'  which  he  still  holds 
(1879),  and  under  whose  oversight  it  has  attained  a  good  .standuig 
among  the  reliable  institutions  of  the  city. 

In  1840,  he  moved  to  Brooklyn,  and,  in  1844,  built  the  house 
which  he  now  occupies,  having  identified  himself  in  many  ways 


'  Married  in  Buffalo,  by  Rev.  Ed.  Ingersoll,  D.D. 


88 


DESCENDANTS    OP    WILLIAM FIFTJI    GENERATION. 


witli  the  city  of  his  adoption.  He  was  among  the  Corporators  of 
the  Brooklyn  Atlieneum,  tlie  South  Brooklyn  Savings  Bank  (of 
which  for  twenty-iive  years  he  has  been  Vice-President),  the  Atlan- 
tic Fire  Insurance  (>).,  the  Home  Life  Insui'ance  Co.,  a  Director  of 
the  Atlantic  Dock  Co.,  and  he  is  connected  with  several  educational 
and  benevolent  institutions.  He  served  his  time  in  the  New  York 
Seventh  Regiment,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Veteran  Corps. 
While  working  actively  in  New  York  and  Brooklyn,  he  has  never 
lost  his  interest  in  his  native  village.  He  visits  it  annually,  and 
thus  shows  that  his  heart  fondly  turns  to  the  home  and  scenes  of  his 
youth. 

In  1865,  he  suggesteti  a  soldiers'  inunument  in  Cheshire,  and  was 
the  chief  contributor  towards  its  erection — a  monument  Ijelieved 
to  have  been  the  first  of  the  kind  in  the  country,  and  commemorat- 
ing, among  otluu-s,  the  name  of  his  friend  and  .schoolmate,  Admiral 
Andrew  H.  Foote.  He  gave  libei-ally  towards  the  enlargement  of 
the  church  in  that  place,  and  towards  the  erection  of  Bronson  Hall, 
one  <jf  the  buildings  of  the  Episcopal  Academy.  H(^  aided  Bishop 
Randall  in  the  building  of  Jarvis  Hall  at  Golden,  Colorado,  and 
als(^  to  rebuild  it  after  its  destruction  by  a  tornado  in  1869.  He 
has  estalilished  scholarships  in  the  Bei-keley  Divinity  School  at 
Middletown,  Conn.,  and  assisted  several  young  men  in  their  collegi- 
ate and  theological  education. 

Mr.  Jarvis  has  been  three  times  married.  His  first  wife  was 
Catharine,  daughter  of  Samuc^l  Jarvis,  New  York,  a  lady  endowed 
with  many  charms  of  person  and  character,  wlio  died  suddenly 
within  a  year  after  their  marriage. 

His  second  wife  was  Mary,  the  only  daughter  of  Cornelius 
McLean,  New  York,  a  (christian  woman  and  a  })erfect  exemplifica- 
tion of  that  charity  which  is  "kind  in  thought,  word,  and  deed," 
— qualities  that  rendered  her  an  affectionate  mother  and  a  stead- 
fast friend. 

The  third  wife  of  Mr.  Jarvis  is  a  daughter  of  the  late  Lewis 
Jenkins  of  Buffalo,  who,  like  himself  and  his  former  companions, 
is  a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  being  of  a  cheer- 
ful and  happy  disposition,  makes  his  home  ever  welcome  to  his 
friends. 

Of  his  five  children  (all  by  his  second  wife),  two  died  in  infancy, 
two  arrived  to  manhood,  and  one  daughter  only  survives — Mary, 
the  wife  of  P.  J.  Bancroft,  M.D.,  Denver,  Colorado. 

Charles  Augustus,  tlu;  eldest  of  his  sons,  possessed  a  good  mind 


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and  high  intolligcnco.  Ho  had  rare  wit  and  keen  peiroptinns. 
His  resolution  and  courage  never  left  him,  as  the  following  inci- 
dent will  sh' •••  I..  iooO,  he  wont  to  Texas  for  the  recovery  of  his 
health,  and  spent  the  winter  near  San  Antonio,  fn  the  ensuing 
spring,  his  father,  becoming  fearful  from  the  signs  of  the  times 
that  Galveston  and  New  Orleans  would  bo  blot^kaded  and  com- 
munication cut  off,  wrote  to  his  friend,  the  Hon.  (Tideon  Welles, 
then  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  stating  his  son's  condition,  and  asking 
whether  he  would  advise  him  to  return  immediately  or  to  remain 
until  the  warm  weather.  Mr.  Welles  In'ieHy  replied,  "  In  view  of 
existing  difficulties,  1  should,  were  my  son  like  yours,  take  measures 
for  his  immediate  return."  Mr.  Jarvis  wrote  to  his  son  at  once, 
and  on  receipt  of  the  letter  he  started  by  coach,  in  company  with  a 
gentleman,  his  wife,  and  child.  Night  overtook  them  before  the 
journey  of  75  miles  had  been  completed,  and  the  driver,  for  some 
reason,  lay  down  on  the  coach  and  refused  to  go  farther.  Young 
Jarvis  knew  that  l)y  dehty  they  might  lose  the  steamer,  and  he 
therefore  mounted  the  bo.x  himself  and  drove  the  horses  the  long 
night  over  a  strang«>  road.  He  could  not  ask  the  gentleman  within 
to  relieve  him,  as  his  attention  was  given  to  "  the  comfort  of  wife 
and  baby."  They  reached  Columbus  in  tim<;  for  the  train,  a?id 
upon  arriving  in  Galveston,  Jarvis  went  directly  to  the  steanun*, 
which  sailed  at  midnight;  but  his  companions,  by  seeking  rest  at  a 
hotel,  missed  their  passage,  and  as  the  l)lockade  was  declareil 
immediately  after  this,  they  were  forced  to  return  to  San  Antonio. 
The  weary  invalid  travelled  without  rest  until  he  reached  Buffalo. 
The  fatigue  and  excitement  of  the  long  journey  quite  overbalanced 
any  benefit  which  his  sojourn  in  Texas  might  have  gained  for  lujn, 
and  he  died  after  lingering  on  through  another  year  and  shedding 
brightness  upon  all  who  came  within  his  influence. 

George,  the  other  son,  was  a  young  man  of  promise,  with  a  mind 
active  and  well-developed  by  study  and  general  reading,  but  his 
strength  and  health  failed  him,  and  two  years  after  the  decease  of 
his  brother  he  was  laid  beside  him  in  the  beautiful  cemetery  of 
Greenwood.  Both  became  communii^auts  of  the  'Episcopal  Church 
in  their  boyhood,  and  to  the  end  were  consistent  in  their  char- 
acters and  faithful  in  their  religious  duties.  The  inscription  on 
the  chancel  window  which  parental  affection  has  erected  in  the 
Parish  Church  at  Cheshire,  fitly  expresses  the  well-groimded  hope 
of  their  eternal  life,  "  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart,  for  they  shall 
see  God,"     • 

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3SO. 

Died. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

Mary  Aim  Jarvis,  Sept.  4, 1809  May  6,  1829. 

728  David  Basset t,    Oct.     8,  1805    June  30,  1861 

a  ehiUlren. 

729  John  E.,  Mch.  31,  1830  June  11, 18(i0. 

730  Elizah'li  Caroline, Apr.24,1833    Feb.   20,1839 

731  Harriet  Aug'ta,  July    7,  1842    June    1,  1844 


^S-*^^CJ» 


Dc( .  7.  1847. 


Benj.A.Jarvis.iFeb.  11,  1813 

732  Frances  A.Taylor,  Dec.3, 1815 

2  children. 

733  Ann  Augusta,    Feb.   14,  1849     April  12,  1877    July  8,  1873. 

734  Car'lineAmelia.Dec.     9,  1850 


M    i 


330. 

Sarah  Maria 
Jarvis,  Feb.     3,1817 

735  Orchard  Warner,  May  5,  1812 

5  children. 
730  Dudley  Jarvis,  Mch.  13,  1842 

737  Elani,  Sept.    5,  1843    April   4,  1845 

738  Frank  Eugene,  Oct.     4,  1845 

739  Elani  2d,»  May  17,  1850 

740  (^eo.  Holland,     Oct.     1,  1855    Mch.    6,  1801 


Jan.  14,  1841.  by  Hev. 

E.E.Beard,^ley,D.D. 

Farmer,  Haniden,  Ct. 

Engineer,  N.  Y. 

Stock  grower.  Col. 
Oct.  17,  1877. 


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333. 

Hez'h  N.  J arvis,  Mch.  24,  1823  Nov.  16, 1852.  Farmer, 

near  Denver,  (!ol. 

741  Mary  S.Winther,Dec.  15, 1827    May     1,1853 

2d  wife. 

742  Jane  Pomeroy 

Emery,  =»      Sept.  24,  1839  Dec.  28,  1872. 

1  child. 

743  (^has.  Edward,  July  29,  1873 


1  Benjamin  A.  Jarvis,  farmer,  was  married  Dec;  7,  1847,  by  Hev.  E.  E. 
Beardsley,  D.D.,  of  Cheshire,  Conn,  lie  has  been  Vestryman  of  St. 
Peter's  Church  in  Cheshire,  Conn.,  from  1837;  many  times  Selectman,  and 
served  m  the  Legislature  seven  terms;  is  now  Treasurer  of  the  Episcopal 
Academy  and  Judge  of  Probate  (1879). 

2 Farmer,  Ilamden,  Conn.;  married  by  Hov.  John  Haugh,  to  Antoinette 
Dor  man,  b.  Feb.  7,  1853. 
•     3  Jtlarried  by  Bishop  Handall,  in  Denver,  Col. 


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Sarah  Anil 
Jiirvis,  June  31,  1H05 

744  Jas.  W.  Piiickncy, 

10  childirn. 

745  Emily  AuguHta.Mrh.  11,  1820    Aiiy.     «i,  1827 

746  Louisa  Jarvis,    Nov.  15,  1827 

747  Sannu'I  Jarvis,   Oct.     0,  1829 

748  Micajali,  Oct..     0,  1831 

749  FmnccsM..        .Inly     (i,  1834 


750  IIo;)arl, 

751  JaincH  W., 

752  Jennie  A., 

753  Ei,.;iy, 

754  Edward  A., 


Aug.  28,  183(5 
June  8,  1837 
Dec.  10,  1838 

Nov.  15,  1843 
Nov.    C,  1845 


May  17.  1825. 

Late  merchant  in  N.  Y. 


Oct.  17,  1849,  to  Capt. 

Henry  A.  Welmore. 
April  24,  185G. 
Mary  R.  Nichol,'^. 
Dec.  27,  1855,  to  Jos. 

C.  Itandle. 


Oct.  24.  18C0,  to  Sic 
phen  II.  Ilolme.'^. 


33  S. 


Nov.  29,  1836. 


Eiizab'h  JarvLs.  Nov.  15.  1811 

755  Jno.  A.  McLean, 

M.D.,  June  34,  1798 

1  child. 

756  John  Wilson 

McLean.  M.D.,  Oct.    4,  1837 


34  r. 

Henrietta  S. 

Jarvis,  Dec.     9,  1811     Feb.  32,  1877    Apr.  18,  1830. 

757  Jahez  B.  Peck,  Dec.  10,  1804 

7  children. 

758  Charles  A.,         Mch.    3,1831 

759  Nelson  A.,  July  22,  1832    Mch.         1833 

760  Nelson  .Tarvis,    Feb.     5,  1834    Ai)r.         1835 

761  Albert  William,  Feb.     7,  1838 

762  Eiizab'h  Jarvis,  Apr.  24,  183(i 

763  NelsnJarvis,2d,'Mch.24,1839    June    6,  1863 

764  Cornel.  Frances,  July,        1841    Jan.     4,  1843 


34S. 

Win.  Jarvis,  3     Jan.    30,  1813 

765  Lucy  A.  Rogers.  May    8,  1832 

2  children. 

766  William  Hart,    Dec.     1,  1850    Mch.  ^6,  1853 

767  Lucy,  Oct.     1,  1854 


May  26,  1846. 


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William  Jarvis 


Moved  from  Connecticut  to  Hart's  Grove,  Ohio,  in  the  spring  of 
1836,  where  he  became  the  owner  of  one  Imndred  acres  of  land, 
and  the  agent  of  the  heirs  of  the  late  Major  Richard  W.  Hart  of 
Saybrook,  Conn.,-  who  were  the  owners  of  large  tracts  of  land  in 
several  of  the  snrroixnding  townships. 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  post-master  of  the  town  for  about  twenty-three 
years,  and  served  as  an  officer  in  the  State  militia  some  fifteen 
years,  retiring  with  the  rank  of  Colonel.  He  was  elected  and 
served  as  one  of  the  direc^tors  of  the  Ashtabula  A  qjricultiiral 
Society  about  fifteen  .years,  during  the  last  two  as  president.  He 
has  also  been  director  of  the  P"'irst  National  Bank  at  Geneva,  0., 
and,  at  various  times,  has  held  other  minor  offices  of  the  town. 

Mr.  Jarvis  is  a  worthy,  exemplary,  and  high-minded  citizen,  and 
an  estimable  gentleman. 


Married  or  Remarks. 

Juno  5,  lSr.fi,  l)y  Bp. 
Biowiu'll. 


3«S. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Elizabeth  Hart 
Jarvis,  Oct.     5,  1830 

7«8  Col.  SamM  Colt,  July  19,  1814  .hm.  10,  1862 
4  cliildrcn. 

769  Saiimel  Jarvi.><,    Feb.  24.  1857  Dm:  24,  1858 

770  Caldwell  Hart,   Nov.  24,  1858 

771  Elizab'h  .Inrvis,  Feb.  23,  1860  Oct.  15,  1861 

772  HenrttaSoldeu.May  23,  1801  Jan.  20,  1803 


Samuel  C^olt 

Was  born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  July  19,  1814,  and  was  the 
third  son  of  Christopher  and  Sarah  Colt.  His  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  Major  John  Caldwell,  who  was  one  of  the  prominent 
citizens  of  Hartford  at  that  period. 

From  his  mother  and  maternal  grandfather  he  inherited  some 
of  his  most  marked  chaiacteristics,  and  if  we  may  judge  from  the 
miniatui'e  of  his  mother,  he  inherited,  in  a  great  measure,  her 
beautiful  features.  His  mother,  around  whom  circled  so  many 
gentle  and  tender  memories,  and  whom  he  loved  so  fondly,  died 
before  he  had  completed  his  seventh  year.  It  was  but  a  little 
while,  however,  after  his  mother's  death,  that  the  young  man's 
life-work  began. 

Before  her  death,  his  father's  business  affairs  became  enibar- 


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rassod,  and  ovontually  ho  lost  tho  hulk  of  his  fortuiu".  At  ton 
yours  of  a^o,  Samuel  was  sent  to  Iuh  fnthor'H  fa<:tory,  at  Ware, 
Mass.,  whero,  with  intervals  at  srhool  and  on  a  farm,  he  remained 
until  he  was  sent  to  Amherst  to  extend  his  education.  With  little 
taste  for  study,  he  yet  learned  rapidly  all  practical  brandies  of 
knowledf^e  within  liis  reach,  and  was,  oven  in  those  days,  a  leader 
anion^  the  hoys,  eitlier  in  work  or  i)lay. 

Among  tlu*  traditions  of  his  boyhood,  one  is  given  by  a  neighl)or 
on  the  Hill,  showing  at  how  early  an  age  his  attention  was  directed 
to  tho  A  KM  .with  which  his  name  was  to  be  so  intimately  coniieeted, 
and  so  well  known  the  world  over.  When  about  seveti  years  of 
ago,  lie  was  one  day  missing  for  some  time,  and  when  at  last  he 
was  discovered,  he  was  seated  undcu-  a  tree,  with  a  pistol  taken 
entirely  to  pieces,  and  tlie  different  parts  carefully  arranged  around 
him,  and  which  ho  was  beginning  to  reconstruct — a  feat  whicth,  to 
his  great  delight,  he  soon  accomplished. 

A  relative  remembers,  one  morning,  when  crossing  on  the 
bridge  to  East  Hartford,  being  startled  by  the  sharp  n^port  of  a 
pistol  ringing  out  on  the  clear  air.  Looking  onward,  he  discov- 
ered young  Colt,  who  had  stopped,  on  his  way  back  to  the  farm 
where  he  was  then  working,  after  enjoying  a  lioliday  in  Hartford, 
to  indulge  in  th(!  delight  of  filing  his  pistol  into  the  river.  These 
trifling  incidents  serve  to  show  the  bent  of  his  youthful  mind,  and 
how  early  in  life  he  evinced  a  taste  for  lire-arms. 

While  at  school  at  Amherst,  his  father  had  arrangcnl  for  sending 
him  to  sea,  but,  before  the  ship  was  ready  to  sail,  he  concluded  he 
would  not  wait  to  be  stMit  for,  and  left  school  without  leave  from 
any  one,  after  some  patriotic  demonstrations  on  tlie  4tli  of  July, 
which  did  not  meet  the  appi'oval  of  the  school  authorities.  Arriv- 
ing at  home  unexpectedly,  he  told  his  father  he  thought  it  must 
be  time  for  the  ship  to  sail,  and  had  come  to  see  about  it.  "  Have 
you  brought  all  your  things ?"  asked  his  father.  "All  but  my 
bills,"  he  promptly  answered. 

He  sailed  from  Moston,  before  the  mast,  on  the  2d  of  August, 
1830,  for  India,  iiis  outiit  having  been  attended  to  by  Mr.  Samuel 
Laurence  of  Boston.  His  hard  life  on  shipboard  most  thoroughly 
cured  the  young  man  of  being  a  sailor,  yet  lie  loved  the  sea,  and 
his  frequent  voyages  to  Europe,  which,  in  after  years,  his  business 
compelled  him  to  mak(!,  were  almost  the  only  intervals  of  relaxa- 
tion, with  the  ex(!eption  of  a  few  liours,  during  his  short  and  l)usy 
life. 


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On  this  voyage  to  Calcutta,  lie  first  conceived  the  idea  of  the 
now  well-known  "Colt's  Revolver,"  and  he  made,  on  shipboard, 
a  little  wooden  model  of  the  pistol,  which  is  still  pi'eserved  as  a 
precious  relic  in  the  cabinet  at  Armsniear.  On  his  return  from 
sea,  he  was  for  a  time  again  in  his  father's  factory  at  Ware,  where 
he  learned  much  valuable  and  practical  chemical  information  frotr 
Mr.  William  Smith,  who  was  in  charge  of  the  dyeing  aw]  bleach- 
ing department.  W^ith  the  knowledge  thus  gained  as  his  chief 
capital,  he  began,  in   1832;  to  give  (diemical  lectures,  and  admin- 

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istered  laughing  or  nitrous  oxide  gas,  going  into  eveiy  town  of 
two  thousand  iiduibitants  in  the  United  States,  Canada,  and  Nova 
Scotia.  E.\ce{)tmg  in  his  own  State,  he  went  uiu'er  the  as.-^umed 
name  of  Dr.  Coult.  Ilis  lectiu'es  met  with  vaiying  pecuniary 
success,  but  as  a  general  thing  were  popular.  From  the  proceeds, 
he  not  only  managed  to  support  himself,  but  to  begin  his  cherished 
scheme  of  liaving  the  fabrication  of  his  arms  commenced  at  Balti- 
more. In  1835,  he  went  to  England,  and  there  secured  his  first 
patents,  returning  in  January,  1836.  He  was,  at  this  time,  .six 
feet  in  height,  slender,  with  a  soldierly  presence  and  beai'ing. 
His  face  was  of  uncommon  beauty,  with  very  perfect  features, 
clear,  honest  eyes  of  light  ha/el,  with  a  wealth  of  the  finest  hair, 
covering  his  head  in  clear,  cri,sp  curls.  As  he  grew  older,  his 
figure  developed  into  more  massive  proportions,  seeming  to  keep 
pace  with  the  ever-expanding,  active  brain.  As  the  years  went 
on,  he  began  to  feel  the  responsibilities  of  the  position  to  which 
he  had  raised  himself.  His  opinion  was  asked  by  the  wise  and 
great,  and  even  monarclis  sought  the  benefit  of  his  wide  experience 
and  inventive  genius  in  their  own  national  works.  The  endearing 
ties  of  homo  and  children  had  brought  out  into  strong  lire  all  the 
gentlent'ss  and  tenderness  of  his  nature,  when  a  soul-beauty  grew 
upon  the  noble  face  which  made  it  more  charming  than  it  was  in 
all  the  glory  of  youth,  even  though  threads  of  silver  were  stealing 
in  among  the  )irown  and  clustering  locks. 

Soon  ahcr  his  return  from  Europe,  he  took  out  his  American 
patents,  and  before  the  close  of  1836,  a  company  was  organized' 
for  the  manufacture  of  his  arms  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 

He  was  in  Florida  in  the  winter  of  1837,  during  the  Indian  war, 
and  made  some  life-long  friends  among  the  officers  of  the  army 
there.  He  had  hoped  to  get  the  Government  to  adopt  his  arm, 
but  failed  to  accomplish  iiis  object,  an(i  was  obliged,  to  meet  his 
liabilities,  ;o  sell  his  p.  itent  to  the  Paterson  Company. 


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In  1840,  a  board  of  oflScers  reported  unanimously  in  favor  of 
the  pistols. 

In  1842  tlie  Paterson  Company  failed,  and  all  manufacture  of 
the  arms  was  suspended. 

The  Submarine  Battery  was  another  of  his  inventions,  and  he 
made  with  it  some  most  successful  experiments,  both  in  New  York 
Harbor,  and  on  the  Potomac,  at  Washington.  At  the  same  time, 
he  was  engaged  in  the  offmg  telegraph,  and  he  laid  successfully, 
and  used,  the  first  submarine  telograi)h  from  tlie  city  to  Coney 
Island  and  Fire  Island  Liglit.  He  used  asphaltum  and  wax  as 
in.  alators,  the  whole  being  inclosed  in  a  leaden  pipe.  As  a  pecun- 
iary speculation,  the  offing  telegraph,  both  at  New  York  and 
Boston,  failed. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  Mexican  war,  he  received  from 
the  (jrovernmeut,  at  the  instance  of  Gen.  Taylor,  an  order  fur  one 
thousand  pistols,  and  althougli  large  numbers  had  been  manufac- 
tured at  Paterson,  it  was  not,  at  this  time,  possible  to  procure  a 
single  arm  in  the  market. 

In  1847,  he  commenced  manufacturing  his  arm;  at  Wliitney- 
ville,  near  New  Haven,  ha'.'ing  bought  back  his  patent  rights,  and 
the  so-called  "Texan  Model,'' the  "  Rangers"  soon  were  a  terror 
to  the  Mexicans  and  to  all  enemies,  and  were  of  world-wide  renown. 
For  years  he  had  bravely  worked  on,  in  spite  of  obstacles  and 
disappointments,  and  now  his  labor  and  perseverance  were  to  meet 
their  full  fruition,  and  a  success  achieved  by  few  was  his,  from 
this  time  onward.  Fortune  brought  him  wealth  and  honor,  but 
he  never  relaxed  his  labors,  and  when,  at  length,  he  could  retui'n 
to  his  native  town  to  reside,  it  was  his  pride  to  build  there  the 
largest  private  armory  in  the  world. 

In  1854,  he  began  to  build  a  dyke  along  the  bank  of  tlu;  (\)n- 
necticut,  thus  reclaiming  a  portion  of  beautiful  mi^adow  land  which 
w;«s  overflowed  by  the  river  freshets.  Within  this  embankment 
he  built  the  armory,  and  a  village  of  brick  houses  for  the  workmen 
and  their  families.     The  armory  was  completed  in  the  fall  of  1855. 

in  June,  1856,  he  was  married,  at  Middletown,  to  Elizabeth 
Hart  Jarvis,  daught(U'  of  the  lic^v.  William  and  Mrs.  Elizal)eth  M. 
Jarvis,  the  venerable  Bishop  Browuell  performing  the  marriage 
ceremony. 

They  sailed  for  Liverpool  on  the  7th  of  June,  and  spent  the 
sunnner  and  autumn  in  Europe,  being  present  at  the  coronation  of 
the  Emperor  Alexander  II.  of  Russia,  and  also  at  the  frteii  and 


96 


DESCENDANTS    OF    WILLIAM FIFTH    OENERATION. 


balls  given  upon  the  occasion  of  that  brilliant  ceremony.  Return- 
ing homc!  just  before  the  winter,  in  February,  1857,  lie  moved  into 
the  home  which  he  had  built  and  where  he  delighted  to  gather 
everything  to  make  home  attractive  and  pleasant. 

The  first  sorrow  that  came  to  that  ha2:)py  household  was  in  the 
loss  of  their  first  chihl,  an  infant  son  of  just  ten  months  old.  This 
seemed  to  be  the  beginning  of  the  loss  of  the  strong  man's  hold 
on  life.  His  darling  had  been  taken  away.  Another  son  was 
born  in  November,  1858,  the  only  child  who  outlived  infancy. 
Two  daughters  lived  just  long  enough  to  make  all  love  them,  when 
they  followed  their  little  brother  to  Paradise. 

Frequent  attacks  of  gout  and  rheumatism  were  telling  visil)ly 
upon  Col.  Colt's  strengtli,  but  while  the  body  was  suli'ering  so 
inexpressibly,  the  mind  and  will  were  strong  as  ever.  On  his 
sick-bed,  he  managed  and  directed  the  affairs  of  the  armory  with 
almost  the  minuteness  and  all  the  clearness  of  health,  and  the 
business  steadily  increased  and  prt)spered. 

In  Februar}-,  18fil,  he  went  to  Cuba,  hoping,  in  tlie  more  genial 
climate  of  the  tropics,  to  throw  off  the  blighting  disease,  but  while 
this  hope  was  partially  realized,  firm  health  had  gone  for  ever,  and 
on  the  10th  of  January,  1862,  the  summons  came,  and  the  home 
he  had  made  so  lovely,  and  where  he  had  known  so  great  hai)pi- 
ness  and  sorrow,  was  desolate  indeed.  His  funeral  was  attended 
on  the  14th,  at  his  late  residence.  P'ifteen  hundred  men,  who 
were  in  his  employ  at  the  time  of  his  death,  came  to  look  upon  his 
face  for  the  last  time,  and  then  forming  in  two  lines  between  the 
house  and  the  grave,  the  body  was  carried  to  its  last  resting  place, 
amid  the  men  for  whom,  in  life,  he  had  done  so  much,  and  in 
whose  well-being  he  had  taken  so  deep  an  interest.  The  flags  of 
the  city  were  at  half-mast  on  the  day  he  died,  and  in  many  a  home 
made  happy  by  his  prosperity  there  were  mourning  hearts.  Thus 
passed  away  in  his  prime  a  man  who  combined,  in  an  unusual 
degree,  strength,  the  power  to  control  men,  executive  and  invent- 
ive ability  and  genius,  with  great  gentleness.  Ho  was  universally 
just,  his  tastes  refined  and  elegant,  his  judgment  correct  and  critical. 
With  hypocrisy  he  had  no  patience,  no  dealing;  and  his  scorn  of 
it,  and  love  of  truth,  were  very  prominent  traits  of  his  character. 
His  wit  was  quick  and  ready,  and  rarely  failed  him.  For  the  aged 
and  little  children,  he  had  always  a  kind  word,  and  the  first  fruits 
of  his  green-houses  and  orchards  were  for  the  sick  and  afflicted. 
Though  he  was  thus  early  called  to  rest  from  his  laboi-s,  he  yet 


•DESCKM^ANTS    OF    WrLUAM-F.PTn   OENKRAT.ON.  <,7 

lives  in  the  great  work,  the  monument  whidi  his  own  f«itT,        , 
energy  built,  and  in  the  true  hearts  that  mtrrsoTdJv   or  th 
breakmg  of  the  strong  staff  of  the  beautiful  rod  "^ 

"A  sense  of  loss  on  all  around, 

A  sijrh  of  j^rrief  and  pain ; 
The  like  of  liim  we  lose  lo-day, 
We  nuiy  not  see  again. " 


No.  Name. 

Hetty  Hart 
Jarvis, 


3S3. 


Born. 
Feb.  28,  1828 


Died. 


773  Cyprian  Nicho- 

las Beach. 
1  child. 

774  Elizabeth  H. 

Jarvis,  Nov.    3,  186& 


E.  H.  C. 


Married  or  Remarks. 

Dec.  5,  18(57,  by  Up. 
Williams. 


357". 

Maria  Louisa 
Jarvis,!  Jan      q    loorr 

775  Fred.Fitz Gerald       '       '  i«t     .        ,,    ,  S^^t- 30,  1855. 

r>  children.  ^"^'  ^^'  ^^'^^    ««'•"  ^»"'^on,  Eng. 

776  Elizii))'h  Jarvis,  Julv    5,  185() 

777  Mary  Collins,      July    7' 1858 

778  John,  May  14,  1861     Ja„.    24,  i«63 
<79  Anna  Greeno'h,  July  21.  1803 

780  Frederick,  Dec.     7,  1866 

3SS. 

John  Samuel 

781  Eltboliunr.     *"    "•''"'    ^"'y  ^7,  ■«««    .*1«.  3,,  ,859. 

vis  Hall. 
3  children. 

782  Elizabeth  Colt,  July  oj^  jygQ 

783  HcttieFred'rica.July    l,  1864 

^  Married  by  Bp.  Williams  andDrTG^i^id^ 


13 


1, 

!»8 


DESCENDANTS    OF    WILLIAM SIXTH    GENEHATION. 


♦iTIl    CtHNKUATION. 


ass. 


^larricd  or  Hoinarks. 
Sept.  15,  1829. 


No.  Name.  Horn.  Died. 

Gi'orgc  Sc^nunir 
.larvis,  June    2,  180fi 

784  Marlliii  Sliricvt',  i  1870 

5  children. 

785  Goorjcc  Hoirers,  June  18,  18i$2    Feb.    10,1854     A  divinity  .student. 

786  Ceciliii  Sopliia,   Au.uj.  12,  18;{;5 

787  lleib't  Muuson,  Dec.  10,  18;54  Enieline  Thmft. 

In  Holy  Orders. 

788  Mary  Shrieve,    July  24,  18R0 

789  Amelia  Sarah.    April  12,  1849    Mch.     7,  1856 


^MS" 


Rev.  Geokge  vSeymoi^b  Jauvis,  D.D., 

Is  at  present  (1878)  Rector  of  Shediac  and  Coverdale,  and  part  of 
the  secular  parishes  of  Dorchester,  N.  B.,  and  Rural  Dean  of  the 
Coitnties  of  Westmoreland,  Albert,  and  part  of  Kent.  He  matricu- 
lated at  Windsor,  N.  S.,  May  15,  1822;  admitted  to  the  degree  of 
B.A.  in  182(5,  to  M.A.  in  1829.  lie  received  many  clerical  appoint- 
ments and  honors,  and  was  unremitting  in  his  duties  in  promoting 
the  welfare  of  the  Church  in  different  places.  In  January,  1840, 
he  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  at  Windsor,  and  at  the  same  time, 
ad  eundem  at  Fredericton,  N.  B.  In  184.">,  he  was  elected  to  the 
first  of  the  seven  Deaneries  into  whicli  the  Bishop  of  Fred- 
ericton divided  his  Diocese,  where  he  has  been  unanimously  re- 
elected every  three  years  for  the  tenth  time.  In  1874,  the  Diocese 
of  Fredericton  consented  to  join  the  Provincial  Synod  of  Montreal, 
and  Dr.  Jarvis  was  elected  by  tlie  Diocesan  Synod  as  one  of  the 
Clerical  Delegates.  Dr.  Jarvis  was  elected  Li]»rarian  of  the  Uni- 
vei'sity  of  Windsor,  an  honor  usually  conferred  on  a  prof(;ssor. 
The  Doctor,  when  he  came  to  Shediac,  found  30  comimuiicants, 
which  under  his  charge  have  increased  to  420.  The  baptisms 
during  his  ministry  have  been  1,840;  communicants,  580,  besides 
those  registered;  burials,  920;  candidates  for  confirmation,  1,410; 
marriages,  3G8;  miles  travelled  on  missionary  duty,  147,000. 


1  Mr.s.  Martha  JarvLs's  father  was  a  son  of  Wi^h  Sheriff  Shriiive  of  New 
York,  whose  widow  married  Paul  Day,  Capt.  of  the  52d  re,>j;iineiit.  Capt. 
Day's  father,  the  Earl  of  Temple,  and  Ivui  of  Clmthani,  niarricd  three 
sisters,  the  Misses  Granville.  The  maiden  name  of  Sheriil  Shrieve'a 
wife  was  Seymour. 


V  ... 


DESCENDANTS   OF    WILIJAM — SIXTH    fiKNERATION. 


99 


3S1>. 


No.  Name.  lioru . 

Edward  Liitwich 

Jarvis,  Aug.  10,  1807 

790  Ellen  Leonard. 

4  children. 
7!»1  Isabel  McLean,  Anj,-.    ;{,  IHHO 
7!t2  ('has.  Edward 

lieonard,  July  17,  1840 

7!);j  Ellen  Caroline,  Mcli.  12,  1843 
704  Mary  Nutting,    Sept.  30.  1844 


Died. 


Married  or  HeinarkH, 


Sept.    8,  1878 


\V.  II.  Howring. 


Edward  Lutwicii  Jarvis 

Died  at  St.  John,  Ncwfoiuulland,  Sept.  8,  1878,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  seventy-one  years.  Tlie  decoasi'd  gentleinan  was  for  a  long 
time  well-known  in  that  city,  not  alone  in  connection  with  the  high 
positions  he  occupied,  but  also  for  his  remarkable  urbanity  and 
gentlemanly  deportment,  no  matter  with  what  classes  of  society  he 
came  in  contact.  Mr.  Jarvis  was,  for  several  years,  Aide-de-camp 
to  the  Governor  of  Newfoundland,  and  in  his  commercial  capacity 
as  Ag(>nt  of  the  Marine  Insurance  Company  of  North  America  and 
other  companies,  has  won  golden  opinions  tor  tact,  promptitude, 
and  general  efiiciency. — Newfoundland  Chronicle. 


1h 


31>3. 

CarolinoJarvis,  May  13.  181;{    Oct.      3,1855    September,  1839. 

795  Geo.  Wheeler,  August,    1855 

1  child. 

796  Georgina  Caro- 

line, Nov.    3,  1840 


3«M5. 

Sarah  Maria 
Jarvis,  Mch.  14,  1818 

797  Alexander  Stewart. ' 

7  children. 

798  Alex.  John,''       Mch.  32,  1843 

799  Marg't  Maria,     Sept.  13,  1844 


1  The  Rev.  Alexander  Stewart,  M.A.,  was  Assistant  Minister  of  Triiuly 
Church,  St.  John,  N.  B.,  for  some  years;  afterwards  Assistant  Minister  of 
St.  George's  Church,  Kingston,  and  St.  James's  Cathedral,  Toronto;  at 
present  (1878)  is  liecttor  and  Rural  Dean  at  Orillia,  Ont. 

*  Alexander  John  Stewart  took  his  degree  as  31.  D.  at  the  Queen's  Uni- 
versitj",  Kingston. 


100 


DESCENDANTS    OP    WILLIAM — SIXTH    GENERATION. 


No.  Name.  Bom.  Died.  Married  or  Reinark«i 

800  Ali(;e  Elizabeth,  April  38,  1847 

801  Wra.  Tliatcher,  July  17,  1849  June  18,  1860    Drowned  at  Kingston. 
803  Mary  Lon-r,        June  31,  1853  Nov.  34,  1853 

803  Chas.  Edward,  July  30,  1854  Mcb.    9.  1858 

804  Frederick,  April  3,  1859  July  30,  1859 

805  Car'line  Matilda,  Dec.  17, 1856 


3or. 


Amelia  Jane 

Jarvi.s, 

Jan.     1 

.  1830 

Feb. 

33.  1867 

806  Rev.  Tbo.s.  McGhee. 

8  children. 

807  Agnes, 

June, 

1845 

808  Murray, 

Marcli, 

1847 

Feb.. 

1873 

809  Annie  Ellen 

Leonard, 

July. 

1848 

810  William, 

Dec, 

1850 

Nov. 

1873 

811  Mary, 

July, 

1853 

Sept. 

1808 

813  (Caroline, 

Nov., 

1853 

813  Malcolm, 

May, 

1855 

814  Leonard, 

Oct.. 

1857 

William  Harrison. 


Chas.  Leonard  Jarvis. 


■i- 


400. 

Elizab'b  Arnold 
Jarvis,  Oct.    30.  1834 

449  I  Geo.  Murray 

815  \  .  Jarvis.  April  13,  1834 

10  children. 

816  Herb't  Murray,  May   18,  1848 

817  Annie  Elizabeth 

Stewart,  July  •  4,  1849 

818  Arthur  Leonard  • 

Fitzgerald,      June  17,  1853 

819  Geo.  Wm.  Hope,  Sept.  17.  1853    Nov.  14.  1854 

830  Sidney  Berdoe,  Nov.    6,  1854    Feb.     8,  1868 

831  Mary  Royles,      Aug.  31,  1857 
833  Emily  Caroline,  Dec.  37,1858 

833  Laura  IMatilda,  Oct.     8,  1800 

834  Edmund  Owen 

Meredith.        Nov.  35,  1803    Nov.     3.  1864 

835  Fred'k  Arnold,  July  36,  1807 


June  33,  1840. 

Finance  department, 

Ottawa. 
Dec.  33,  1875. 


40S. 

Robt.  F.  Hazen,  April  19,  1803     Ai)ril  35,  1874 
836  Joanna  Robinson,  June  16,  1853 

0  children. 


aiBUal^^jl^Hfc  a  WS^KU^j^JIt ,  - 


DRROKNDANTS    OP   WILLTAM-grXTTI    OKNKRATrON. 


101 


No.  Name.  Uorn. 

8«7  Robert  Morris,  >  Sept.  37   1829 

838  William. « 

839  Susan. 
880  Eli/.abctl'. 
831  Miirg't  Ann, 
838  Joanna, 


July    4,  1831 
Aug.  11,  1830 

McJj.  18,  184S 


May 


Diiid. 
0,  1803 


404. 


Married  or  Remarke. 
April,  1854. 
Marcli  9,  1865. 
Oct.  8,  1801. 

Oct.  35,  1800. 
William  Ritchie,  who 
died. « 


William  Mnn.son 

Jarvi.s,  *  Oct.     9,  1838 

833  Jane  Hope  Beer. 

3  children. 

834  Edvv'd  William,  Sept.  11,  1803 

835  Lucy  Caroline,   Jan.    2(1,  1804  ' 
830  Frank  Hope,       Feb.     8,  1808 

3d  wife. 

837  Mary  Lucrelia 

Scovel. 
3  children. 

838  Mary  Elizabeth,  Mcli.  20,  1809 

839  Helen  Mary,        Apr.  37,  1871 

40S. 

Mary  Jane 

mFXlwn.   ''''■    "■"''    "^•"•H'S^S    So,,,.    .,,„«. 

Starr. 

1  child. 
841  Maria  Gore,        Aug.  13,  1844 


1 

i 

' 

i 

.' 

1, , 

,1    i 

II 

! 

410. 

Henry  Fitz  Ger- 
ald Jarvis,       May  80,  1885 


^  Robert  Morris  Hazen,  a  Captain  in  H   \T~^u^^^        ^-     7~~~ 

Corps,  fonnerly  ,.o,„,„,„„,,  ,^b   ',     .'^f^,    '^.l'"     iT  ''"'"'  ''''" 
136).     He  died  at  H,„.,„ah  in  Tmb-a    "'■"""■'""'•  ^"'•""''  '^">^"'  («oo  No. 

ChiJ^^Lo  t;Z:X"'  T  ''7.     ^'"""'"   '^^^'•'■'•■.■^-nerlv 
supreme  Onrt  ^2j^Z::::;7cZ:^l'''''  '^"^  ^'  ^'"'  •'""^-  <"'  '"'■ 

■*  Wdham  Munson  Jarvis  is  a  lawve.-  i»r  ,...^f      • 
in  the  New  Brunswick  Militia    n^  ^  T  fr'"'  "/^'r^^-'-'^Colon..! 
1863.     Is  Vice-President  of  /;  j!.''"'*^" '^^V^^^-  J"''":  admitted  („  the  Bar 


?f  r 


102 


DK80KNDANTH    OP    WILI-IAM — SIXTH    OKNKUATION. 


No.         Namo.  Born.  Died.  Marrlod  or  Runiarks. 

843  Friincos  Slcwart 

Walker.  Sept.  38,  1850 

1  child. 
843  Anna  Mary,        .Tnly    0,  1850    Aug.  ;50,  1850 

2(1  wilV. 
•  844  Lucy  D.I  larding,  Sept.  80,  1858. 

5  cliildrcn. 
845  Edward  Clifton,  July  11,  1859 
84«  Ar.  Ilen'yBoyd,  Oct.   39,  1860 

847  ErncHt  FrcdU,     S('i)t.  1«,  18(53 

848  lIcl.Ani.Margt,  Apr.  .'50,  1804 

849  Charles  William, Mch.  18,  1860 

41.1. 

Geo.  Wni. Town- 
send  .larvis.     May  30,  1837    Nov.     3,  18(58 

850  Sarah  Smith. 

5  children.  all  of  whom  are  dead. 

8d  wife. 

851  Christina  Jane  Ilill. 

1  child. 
858  Mary,  May,       1860    in  infancy. 


413. 

Caroline  Amelia 

Jarvis,  Feb.  33,  1831 

853  Charles  Palmer,  i 

7  children. 

854  Mary  Anna,        ]VIch.  31,  1856 

855  Ada  Millicent,     Feb.     9,  1858 
850  Louise  Caroline,  Mch.    9,  1859 

857  Ethel  Maria,       May  30,  1860 

858  Helen  Amelia 

Boyd,  Oct.   36,  1861 

859  Robert  Edward,  Dec.  16,  1805 

860  Charles  William 

Jarvis,  Mch.  31,  1808 


Sept.  10,  1853. 


4S8. 


Robert  Jarvis 

Hamilton,       May  18,  1818 
801  Catharine  Rob- 
ertson. 
5  children. 


Nov.  19,  1836. 


1  Hon.  Charles  Palmer  is  Chief- Justice  of  Prince  Edward's  Island. 


' 


nKSOENDANTH    OF   WIM,,AM-8IXTH    (.KXKHATION. 


I  o;i 


^"-  Name.  Born.  . 

863  VVilliiim,  May  38,  1849 

86!{  Calh'iu!  I.avinia.Sepf,.    2, 

804  Agnes  riannaJi,  Nov.  30, 


Died. 


Sept.    3, 
Aug.    2, 


H(ir)  Roltfrt  Henry, 
8«(i  Je.s8ie, 

3tl  wife. 

867  Mary  Jano 

Wriglit, 
7  cliildren. 

868  George  Edward,  July  13,  1853 
861)  Maria  Isabel,       (let.    10,  1865 

870  Caroline  Mal)((l,  Dec.     3,  1857 

871  John  Harvey,      Apr.  26,  1859 
873  Jane  Chalmer,<  June  15,  1862 

873  Aiigu.sta  Mary,    Mch.    3.  1804 

874  Mary,  jjay   15,  1860 


Apr.,        1867 


Married  or  RemarkH, 
Sept.,  1873,  MaryMlle-s. 
Ai)r.  30,  1871,  Dr. 
Cluw.   Donnelly. 
Dec.  31,  1874,  Chas. 
Lemon. 

I.  W.  Aiway. 


Apr.  15,  1851. 


Jan.     3,  1860 


Maria  Lavinia 

o..  ,^/''™"t'>".        Sept.  15.  1818 
8<5  VVilliani  Harvey 

Fitz  Gerald, 

3  children. 

876  Duncan.  May  31,  1843 

877  Harvey,  Mch.  25, 1844 


431. 


May  21,  1840. 
H.  M.  73d  liegt. 


1. 


Catharine  Ham- 
ilton, Mch, 

878  8iinuiel  B.  Free- 

man. 

9  children. 

879  Geo.  Orniaud,  i   Sept, 
8H0  Clarence,  May 
881  Ida,  Maria,           Feb. 
883  Arth'r  Hamilt'n.Jan. 

883  Alice  Maud,        Mch. 

884  Chai-les  Edgar,    Dec. 

885  Frank.  Mch. 

886  Manfred,  July 

887  Christahelle,        Nov, 


434. 


15,  1836 


19.  1844 
30,  1846 
13,  1849 
30,  1853 

15,  1855 
SI,  1850 

16,  I860 
15,  1864 
25,  1866 


1843. 


Nov.    9,  18()8. 
Dec.  35,  1871. 


'  ^^I'»-"ed  Margaret  Douglas  Hamilton  McLean. 


ill 


14         H  1 


104 


PKHflKNOANTH    OK    WIl, 1,1AM StXTII    OKNKHATrON. 


Dlod. 


Miirrl(!«l  or  RumiirkH. 

June  17,  1H57. 
M.  v. 


No.  Naiiui.  Born. 

Auj^ii.staCuroliiio 
Iluiniltoii, 
888  Allied  Hoiillbt'c. 

')  (liildnm. 
mi)  l{cj,Miial(l,  July    ({,  1858 

8!K)  Frank,  Dov.  ;J0,  18<il 

8!»1  AlI'mlErnest,  Mcli.  2(i,  18(;4 
8i>2  Horatio  (Mar'w,  .luiie  2-1,  18(K> 
89;}  Constance  Mary,  Aug.  13,  1868 


'I'hoHuis  D.  Mc- 
cormick,        Feb.  14,  1813  1865 

894  Mary  Itcad. 

T)  children. 

895  JanctleAugusta,June.       18:15     Dec.   35,1835 

8!)G  Emma  Augusta,  Jan.    «,  1838  Sept.  17,  1856. 

897  William  Jarvis,  Sei)t.  13,  1839 

898  Esther  Mary,       Sept.  34.  1841  June  31,  1870. 

899  Harriet  Frances 

Louise,  Feb.  17,  1844 

430. 

Miirgaret  A.  Mc- 

Cormick,         Nov.  16,  1816    Feb.   31,  1873    June    8,  1887. 

900  James  Eraser,     June    8,  1804 

5  (!hi!dren.    . 

901  Augusta,  May  17,  1839 


903  William  B. 

903  (diaries  T., 

904  Maria, 

905  Frederick, 


June  11,  1843 
Aug.  37,  1843 
Jan.  4,  1849 
Aug.  13,  1853 


Sept.,  1868,  Miles 
O'Keilly. 


440. 


Hannah  McCor- 

mick,  Nov.  38,  1818 

906  Archibald  Gil- 

kinson,  1812 

7  children. 

907  Grant,  June   5,  1837 

908  Isabella  Grant,    Apr.  38,  1839 

909  Thomas  G.  B. 

Grant,  Aug.  14,  1841 


1875 


Feb.  4, 1864,  James  C. 
Geddes. 


niCSOKNDAJfTS   op   WiM.rAM— , 
Born 


»'•»  ^'-Ko  Grunt.     Way  33.  1854    July  „.  is,^ 


+''XTI|    OKNKUATION.  [ 

Manieil  or  RomarlcB. 


'>'fti-V  Klizuhptli 

Mt(?on«ick.    Oot.    to.  1831 
"14  Jus/XT  T.  (Jii- 
kinMOM. 
4  cliildrcn  • 

Of.    rury  W.  J.„„.  ,•>    lHr,0 

»!'  ^^Ilcn  Piiillis.       Fcl,    II    iH-\ 

Oc.      4.185a    Oct.      7,1854 


Jan.  14.  184H. 


Roborl  C.  Smitli. 


■444. 

•^l.>  Grace  (.'amitJiers. 
2  f'Jiildron. 

930  Napier  ami  George. 


George  Diehl 

921  Barbara  \Va<IdJe. 

0  <-JiiJdren 
933  TJiomas, 

923  Charles. 

924  William, 

925  Jasper, 
930  A  daugliter. 


4415. 


4,  18,'«) 


Aug. , 

18G0 

Fel). , 

1863 

Nov., 

18G;{ 

Sej)t. , 

186G 

Aug., 

18C8 

I 


449 

Willijini  D.  P. 

Jarvis,  n-.,,    i--   10a,     , 

927  Diana  rrvi„.r  "'•    1''  1«2I     Jau.   15,  18.^9    (),t.. 


4  cliildren. 

928  Mary  yEn.eiia,     Sept.  17,  I85i 

929  Willia,,,  Irving,  Au.r  of.   .0,^3 
fOAug-taLavini^   j..u;l''^;^' 


1850. 


14 


I>«'c.  27,  1877,toAr. 
thur  Piers. 


t     f 


_  J,. 


106 


DKHOKNDANTH   OF    WIM.IAM — SIXTH    UKNKUATION. 


II 


No.  Name.  '  Born.  Dlod.  Married  or  I<Kmark8. 

AnnElU-n.Tiiivis.Ocl.  aO.  IH'jr.    Oct.    13,  1S(K     Auj?.  2r»,  1840. 
mi  Ii\ik(!  Fit/,  (Jcr- 


II.  M.  83d  Kcgl. 
1870. 

Nov.  n,  1875. 


iiUI  HcTiiiinl, 

(t  children. 
»;W  Miiry  KiiiiiU'cu.  May    0,  1849 
»;14  (Icriild  Luko 

FitzOcnild,  Sept.  8(J,  1850 
9!{5  KlltMi  Miiudo.'  Nov.  88.  185« 
030  AixiU's  Ciiroliiio 

(Jmcc.  Jiin.   23,  1857 

mi  llcncc  lliiriict 

Hiinl)iiry,  .Tunc  10,  IHC.O 
OaS  Edward  Henry,  Oct.     5.  1803 


inn, 

Chiis.  Fredcriclt 

.Jiirvis,  .!iinc  11.  18;M     Mcli.  17,  1871 

039  Mary  Ann  (Ira- 

liani. 

5  children. 

040  Isabel  (!  race.  Sei)t.  8,18(14 

041  Emily  Miiiide,  Mch.  8,  1800 
943  C'has.  i,.eonard,  Sept.  0,  h^<^l 
04;!  Siiniuel  Fet<'rs,  Feh.  0,  IHOi) 

044  William  (}eor'-c,.lan.    37,  1871 

Charles  Herbert 

■larvis,  Ang'.  25,  18:51     Sept.    7,  18.W     Dee.,  18.50. 

045  Emma  O'Ueilly. 

1  child. 
»*(}  Mdes  O'Uei-lly,    Sept..       1857 


•'^C'- 

JO«. 

> 

Ciilharine  Maria 

llamillon, 

Mch 

' 

Jan. 

13,  1847. 

947  Fre<lk  Tench, 

4 

3  children. 

1 

048  Mary, 

( 

,  181.^ 

940  Frederica, 

■.. 

1,  1851 

* 

>  Married  to  liirdmoi     Doig,  at  Kiurachee,  India. 


I»KHCKNI)ANTS   OK    WIIIUM       uiv^„    „,. 

Hii.i.iAM — wrXTir    OKNKIJATION. 

'KM. 

M/irrlud  or  Uoinntk*. 
Nov.  24,  \H\'i. 


107 


Horn. 


N".  NiiiiKv 

Il.unil.on,        M.I,.  18,  1881 
OAO  Ak',\aii(I.T  Diiir 


DIrd. 


~  fliiMrcii. 
yfllAuKUsia.  H..,,..  II.  i8,;j 

IWa  Win.  Ah'.vHn.lcr  ' 

ll.iriiiKnn,        Apr.   17,  |H|(( 


^I'ly    11,  1810 


-10<l. 


lili/iihotli  lliimil- 

'**"'  Any.    (t    iM'Vt 

»'^>.l  .1.  Thos.  T„w„- 

send. 

•i  fliildrt'ii. 
"•"•-l  Nxinl  H.nnilt,,,,.  H..p(.    »    ih*,,; 
|'-MCI..-irl,.s.J,.,rvi.s.    Nov.  -'(I,  |h5h 

itnit  /'Ml...- 

Mch.    (i,  iHfl.j 


il 


I'.'idiJiilK.ii 


Mi'ii.  ir),  i8r)rj. 


.Jmi(",'8,  KMOr) 


Wmiiiin  .JjirviH 

ll.imilioi,,        A|)r.  25,  18.*}:! 
O-W  .Sanili  Clnrk, 

•>  <liil(iicii. 
'•>'>S  Caroline, 
!»•'">!*  VyvuH  Jurvis, 

»«<)TI,onuis  Clark,    An^.  -j]  iisiw 
:3<I  wiiv. 

»<il  iMaiM't  llonslon 

'^^^"I'H',  Oct,.     2,187a 

.'W  Minn<.t(a,  Fob.     7.  1875 


.hinc  2.S,  |8(ji 


1873 


Oarolino  Emily 

ilamillon,        Jan.      1,  is.'JS 
9()5  (ioorgi'Diuaiui. 

5  children. 
9(i«  Car.  Aug.  Owcu,Mcl,.  10  1808 
1>«7  llannah  Scpt.  17,'  1800    Fob.   10,  1870 

008  Mary  (.^athariue,  June  37,  1871 
900  Josse,  Feb.     6,  1873 

070  Eliza  Beatrice,    Oct.   23,  1874 


•'iin.  8,  1807. 


fil    1  L 


«       B' 


*       «       4- 


mm 


108 


DESCKNUANTS    OK   WIl-MAM — SIXTH    GKNKKATIOK. 


■4='y4=. 


liorn. 


Died. 


Married  ur  UemarkH. 


No.  Name. 

Sylviii  Kli/.abeth 

AVelinoii-,        Oct.    20,  1805    Aug.  10,  1874    Oct.  32.  1834. 
»71  Lcoii.n.Hurllmt. 

2  cliildrcn. 
97'^  Sylviii  Kli/nl>'li,  8cpt.  20,  1840 
073  Cli'lnttf  Jiirvis,  IScpt.  13,  1845 

Darwin  W.  Wet 

more,  Sei)t.    2,  1807     Aug.  20,  1853     .Ian.  10,  1830. 

974  Ellen  Dyer. 

1  chiltl. 

975  Eli/.'thAdaline,  Oct.     4,1831     Mch.  20,  1853 

William  J.  Wet- 
more,  M.D.,    June  .'{O,  1809  Jan.  4,  1844. 

976  Elizal)eth  Jane 

Campbell,        Aug.  24,  1815    June    1»,  1870 
I  child. 

977  Emma  Jarvis.     Aug.    7,  1840 

Dh.   W II. mam  Jakvis  Wktmoke 

Is  a  native  of  Winchester,  in  the  State  A  Connecticut.  His  mother 
was  Elizaljeth  Jarvis,  daiightvT  of  tlio  late  John  Jarvis  of  N()r\valk, 
in  the  same  State.  His  father  was  Dr.  Tnuiian  Spencer  Wt^tmore, 
whose  anci  stor  left  Kngland  in  ltV25  ard  settled  in  Middletc.wn, 
piirclmsing  a  ver^  large  tract  of  land  along  the  pleasant  banks  of 
die  Connecticut  river,  \vher<^  many  of  the  name  are  now  located. 

William  Jarvis  commenced  the  study  of  the  classics  under  the 
tuition  of  the  la,e  Rev.  Frederick  Marsh,  m  his  native;  town,  and 
after  ilie  conclusion  of  his  acadcinic  course,  i)ros(!cuted  the  study 
of  medicine  and  sui'gery  under  the  instruction  of  his  father,  and 
also  his  uncle,  the  late  Dr.  (leorge  U.  Jarvis.  He  was  afterward 
graduated  as  a  Doctor  of  Medicine  aud  Surgery  at  Yele  College, 
liis  Alma  Mater.  During  his  studies  he  was  a  poetical  contributor 
to  the  New  I'hnjIdiKl  Weekly  Reviev),  which  was  for  some  time;  under 
the  editorial  charge  of  the  late  Geo.  D    I'rentice, 

On  his  return  from  college  to  hi.:  ^/aternal  home,  he  passed  the 
first  three  or  four  years  in  teaching  music,  after  which  he  removed 
to  New  York  city,  and  engaged  in  the  sale  of  drugs  and  chemicals 
in  connection  with  h's  profession,  at  the  same  time  teaching  the 


I 


DESCENDANTS    OF    WILLIAM SIXTH    (iENKUATION. 

piano-forto  and  conipoi^ing  and  pul)li8hing  songs  aiul  liallads.  He 
wrote  and  puMished  many  songs  of  which  ho  was  the  author  of 
both  the  words  and  music. 

In  addition  to  his  knowledge  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  poets,  he 
was  acquainted  with  tlio  French,  (jornian,  Spanish,  and  Itahan  lan- 
guages, and  being  a  smooth  versifier,  he  was  frefpiently  employed  to 
translate  into  English  text  the  songs  of  foreign  authors,  lie  was, 
in  the  first  instance,  engaged  by  the  celebrated  hnffu  canfante, 
Signer  De  Hegnis,  to  translate  the  early  songs  of  Donizetti,  which 
were  written  by  him  for  the  accomplished  vocalist,  Ronzi,  the  wife 
of  De  Begnis,  and  introduced  by  her  in  the  operas  of  "Agiiese," 
"  11  Uarbiei'e  di  Siviglia,"  and  "  11  Turco  in  Italia."  lie  also  wrote 
several  lyrics  for  De  Hegnis,  who  coniposeil  the  music,  all  of  which 
were  subsequently  published  with  English  and  Italian  text. 

In  the  same  year  (1842),  he  was  associated  with  the  late  John 
Graham,  the  blind  Scottish  bard,  in  arranging  and  publishing  in 
book  form,  with  music,  the  songs  which  tlu^  poet  had  written  for 
the  St.  .Vntlrew's  Society,  which,  in  connection  with  his  fugitive 
pieces,  made  a  vt'iime  of  1 10  pages  royal  octavo. 

In  1840,  the  Doctor  issued  a  musical  annual  (entitled  " L'isola 
Incantata,'  or  '-The  Fairy  Isle."  It  was  founded  on  an  Eastern 
superstition,  and  for  this  pleasant  snuvimir  he  wrote  both  the 
poetry  and  music.  He  was,  dufing  the  same  y(>ar,  the  author 
of  various  sketches  entitled  "Sketches  of  the  Past,"  or  "  I'ictures 
from  Life,"  which  were  published  in  the  various  magazines  through- 
out the  country.  He  has  also  translated  into  English  verse  the 
songs  of  the  various  operas  as  they  appeared  successively!  fi-om 
Gounod,  Donizetti,  Mc^yerheer,  Offeidmch,  Lecocq,  and  others,  until 
his  original  songs  and  ballad  translations  are  very  numerous. 

For  Antliony  Philip  Ileinrich,  more  familiarly  known  as  "  Father 
Heinrich,"  he  wrote  the  libretto  for  an  oratorio,  which  Ileinrich 
dedicated  to  the  Emperor  of  Austria.  This  was  translated  into 
(Jerman  V(M'se,  ar'"ang  \  with  nuisic  for  the  oichestia  and  piano- 
forte, and  perfornuHl  in  I'l-ague  before  the  Emj)eror  and  royal 
family,  the  orchestra  being  conducted  by  Ileinrich  himself.  He 
also  furnished  him  with  several  original  songs,  for  which  Heinrich 
wrote  the  music.  They  were  also  translated  into  German  verse, 
atid  very  beautifully  gotten  up  with  pictun;  titles  in  Vienna. 

In  1800,  he  published  a  satire  in  verse  entitled  "(lotliam  .\m- 
brotypes."  In  1865  he  translated  from  the  French,  Pauseron's 
A,  R,  C  of  Music,  and  the  following  year  edited  Hamilton's  Musical 
Dictionary. 


110 


DESCENDANTS    OF    WIIXIAM SIXTH    (JKNKKATION 


In  18(5!),  lie  was  tlu^  Editor  of  a  Musical  Magazino,  in  which 
he  furnished  raany  of  tlie  stories  and  miscellaneous  articles  that 
filled  its  pages,  as  well  as  the  music  in  that  department  of  the 
paper. 

In  1871,  he  wrote  a  hundred  original  lyrics  for  the  Poly 
technic  and  ,\thona3uin,  two  musical  publications,  and,  in  the  same 
year,  he  dt'livcrod  a  ])oem  at  the  celebration  of  tlu?  cenw/.nial 
of  his  native  villages  which  has  been  since  published  in  the 
"Annals"  of  the  town  ))y  the  Hon.  John  Hoyd.  He  also  fur 
nished  an  original  ode,  words  and  music,  for  the  same  occasion, 
entitled  "  Beautiful  Pays  of  the  Past." 

In  LS'?-*,  he  [)ublished  a  volume  of  music  entiiled  "The  Ori- 
ental," a  collection  of  traditional  and  ancient  Jewish  melodies, 
adapting  them  to  ('hristian  service,  the  dates  of  many  of  them 
running  back  to  the  days  of  Moses  and  the  Proi)hets.  Many  of 
the  hynms  are  original.  He  is  now  engiiged  on  a  S(!cond  series 
of  these  ancient  mi'lodies,  most  of  which,  if  not  secured  within 
the  next  few  yc^irs,  nnist  be  lost  to  the  musical  world  for.evi*r. 

Dr.  Wetmore's  love  for  his  mother,  and  his  many  eulogistic 
lines  to  her  memory,  tlie  hajjpy  fireside,  and  the  pleasant  scenes 
of  his  childhood  and  youth,  make  pleasing  episodes  of  his  early 
life.  The  following  original  poem,  written  but  a  few  years  ago, 
shows  how  fondly  he  recalls  those  golden  days: 


A  DREAM. 

I  dreamed  last  night  of  my  early  days, 

When  life  had  not  a  care; 
The  friends  now  sleeiiiui;-  in  the  tomb, 

I  fancied  all  were  there. 
We  talked  of  scenes  long  past  and  gone, 

Scenes  liial  were  once  so  dear; 
It  seemed  there  had  bi'i'u  lio  decay, 

'Twas  chililhood's  happy  j^ear. 

The  merry  laugliler  of  the  young, 

Each  joyous  sport  and  game, 
The  lively  joke,  the  sweet  old  song, 

And  each  familiar  name; 
The  grand  old  tree  before  the  door, 

With  broad  and  ample  shade, 
Waved  its  strong  branches  to  the  breeze, 

The  same,  still  uudecayed. 


DESCENDANTS   OF    WILLIAM SIXTH    GKNKBATION. 


Ill 


And  down  upon  the  placid  lake, 

Rocked  lightly  Pleasure's  boat; 
Around  it  many  a  ripple  played, 

And  hark!  the  rohin's  note! 
The  souii;  birds  whistled  in  the  trees, 

I  heard  the  cooing  dove; 
The  breezes  kissed  my  boyish  brow, — 

'Twas  YOUTU,  and  home,  and  love. 

M}'  father's  voice  was  still  as  kind. 

As  earnest  as  of  yore ; 
My  mother  sang  the  same  sweet  songs 

I'd  heard  so  oft  before; 
And  sister,  brothers,  all  were  there; 

Our  hearts  beat  high  with  mirth; 
And  there  we  sat  and  talked,  as  when 

'Round  boyhood's  happy  hearth. 

Dr.  Wetmore  married,  in  tlie  year  1844,  a  Miss  Elizabeth  Jane 
Campbell.  Her  parents  wore  from  Scotlaml,  her  mother  being 
born  in  the  city  of  Edinburgli.  The  daugliter  was  intellectual, 
refined,  and  cultivated.  In  addition  to  a  sound  English  education, 
she  was  an  excellent  Erench  scholai-;  and  she  not  only  play(;d  tlie 
piano  very  acceptably,  but  sang  tlu^  songs  of  liurns  and  Moore 
with  fine  taste  and  feeling.  As  friend,  companion,  wife,  and 
mother,  she  was  unexceptional  )le.  We  give  below  a  little  poem 
wliich  her  husband  wrote  and  sent  to  her  on  her  birthday,  while 
he  was  making  a  brief  visit  to  his  daughtei',  who  resides,  with  her 
husband,  on  the  banks  of  the  Delaware,     'i'hc  lines  are  as  follows: 


% 


m. 


TO  MY  WTFE. 

WlilTTKN    ON     niOU     mUTlIU.VY. 

O,  beautiful  river!  how  tnuKjuil  it  glides, 

To  mingle  its  waters  with  old  Ocean's  tides; 

While  the  l)r<'(/.es  thai  i>lay    round  my  temples  so  free. 

Seem  to  bring,  my  dear  wite,  some  fond  message  from  thee. 

The  flowers  on  its  banks  blossom  lirighlly  and  fair, 
And  evhale  a  perfume  both  deligiitful  and  rare; 
While  my  young  love  '  and  1  tloat  in  glaiUies.s  along, 
To  the  dip  of  the  oar  and  the  magic  of  song. 


My  daughter,  Mrs.  Euuna  Jarvis  Wilson. 


112 


DESCENDANTS   OF    WILLIAM — SIXTH    GENERATION. 

O,  beautiful  river!  beloved  Delaware! 
Can  tempest  e'er  ruffle  your  bosoui  ao  fair? 
^[ay  it  lloat  on  in  beauty  to  blend  with  the  8oa, 
While  my  heart  travels  back,  dear  companion,  to  thee. 

Like  the  beautiful  river  that  bears  me  alonjj 

On  its  bosom,  so  sacred  to  beauty  and  song. 

Is  another  that  winds  to  a  beautiful  home, 

Where  love  never  dies,  and  where  cares  never  coiue. 

May  we  tloat  down  that  river  so  peaceful  and  brii^^ht, 
Undisturbed  by  a  (tare,  to  the  City  of  JjKUIT, 
Where  life's  voyage  shall  end,  and  our  souls  shall  find  rest. 
In  a  H  AVKN  of  Pi'.ACK,  in  the  Home  of  the  Blest!  ' 


Married  or  Remarks. 


Nov.  28,  1848. 


No.  Name.  Bom.  Died. 

Geo.  W.  Wet- 
more,  M.D.,   Oct.    11,  1813 

978  Sarah  Ann  Thompson.  Dec.  37,  1871 

3  children. 

979  Geo.  Thompson, Feb.     9,  1845 

980  Eli/.th  .larvi.^    April   6,  184(5 

981  Mary  Fitch,        .A])ril  10,  1855 


George  Whitfield  Wetmore 

Was  born  October  11,  1812,  and  received  the  same  early  and 
careful  educational  training  as  tliJit  of  his  brothers.  He  began 
teaching  when  quit(>  young,  and  for  sonic  years  taught,  during  the 
winter  season,  several  select  .schools  in  many  parts  of  Connecticut. 
This  he  continued  to  do  until  he  determined  to  study  the  profes- 
sion of  medicine.  His  studies  were  prosecuted  under  the  tuition 
of  his  father,  and  also  of  his  uncle,  Dr.  George  ().  Jarvis.  After 
the  requisite  preparation,  lie  attended,  during  the  winters  of  18.'^ 
and  1838,  the  niedicitl  h^ctures  at  Williams  College,  Mass.,  graduat- 
ing an  M.I),  (in  Dccemlter,  1S.'?8,)  from  that  institution. 

He  settled  at  Amenia,  City,  Dutchess  Co.,  New  York,  February 
19,  18.39,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  with  acknowledged 
skill  and  ability.  He;  subsequently  became  acquainted  with,  and 
afterwards  married.  MLss  Sarah  Ann  Thomjison,  a  very  lovely  and 
amiabli    -ijirl  of  the  village,  ])y  whom  he  has  three  children. 

The  (ijctor  still  enjoys  fair  health,  but  since  the  death  of  his 
wife,  has  given  up  practice,  and  returned  to  the  home  of  his 
youth. 

>  Mrs.  Wetmore  died  June  9,  1876. 


DKSCENOANTa    OF    WIMJAM SIXTH    GENERATION. 


113 


47' 8. 


Married  or  Koiimrkp. 
April  11,  1850. 


No.  Name.  Dom.  Died. 

Charles  F.  Wet- 

iiiorc.  Auir.  31,  1815 

982  Sarah  Asl or  IJrydcii,  June    7,1855 

I  child. 
083  Marj' .Tarvis,       Sept.  14,  1853 

Charles  Fitch  Wetmork 

Was  boin  on  tho  'J  1st  of   August,  1815,  and  was  tlie  youngest  son 
of  Dr.  Truuian  S.  and  Eiizahetli  .Farvis  Wetmoro. 

His  rudimental  education  was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  village,  which  were  excellent,  and  after  careful  training  in 
tliese,  ho  was  placed  under  the  privati;  instruction  of  the  llev.  Mr. 
Jones,  an  Kpisco[)al  clergyman,  located  in  Hitchcocksville,  now 
Riverton.  Her(>,  thougli  liis  advancement  was  entirely  satisfactory, 
still,  as  it  was  preparatory  to  a  collegiate  education,  he  was  sent  to 
Clieshin^,  Conn.,  under  the  care  and  instruction  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Morgan. 

He  entered  Trinity  (,'ollege,  Hartford,  in  the  year  1837,  and  was 
graduated  fi-om  that  institution  in  1841.  In  1844,  he  received 
the  degree  of  }i\.A.  from  the  same  institution.  He  studied  law 
with  tlie  late  Hon.  liiv.  Livingston  of  New  York,  and  was 
admitted  as  an  attorney,  solicitor,  and  counsellor  to  the  courts  of 
that  State  in  184."). 

He  was  an  excellent  (ire(>k  and  Latin  .scholar,  and  while  In 
college  occasionally  cociuetted  with  the  muses.  He  was  the  authoi' 
of  several  pieces  of  fugitive  poetry  of  considerable  merit.  He 
delivered,  by  ap])ointment,  a  poem  entitled  "  Venice,"  before  the 
Athenipum  Literary  Society,  in  1840,  and  accepted,  also,  a  .second 
appointment  to  deliver  th(;  annual  poem  before  that  Society  the 
following  y<>ar.  This  poem  was  entitled  "Scro."  The  first  was 
published  in  a  hel/cs  leltrcs  paper  edited  by  his  brother  William. 

At  commencement,  the  year  of  his  graduation,  he  delivered  an 
essay  on  Saracen  Literature,  which  was  subsequently  published  in 
his  brother's  [)aper. 

A  SO. 

oarah  E.  Sey- 
mour, May   1:3,  1813  Auj?.  1:5,  1837. 
984  Dr.  Anuuon  ('. 

Tabcr,  Dec.  30,  1807 

8  cliiklren. 
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DESCENDANTS   OF    WILLIAM SIXTH    GENERATION. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

985  CliJirl'to  Loiiisa,  May  10,  1838    Feb.     1),  1845 
98(5  Ciuoliiie  Moore,  July    3,  1840 

987  Clmrles  Jiirvis,   Aug.  14,  1843    Aug.  17,  I85a 

988  Alviili  Seymour,  Nov.  24,  1844 

989  Eugene  Dewitl,  .Tun.     9,  1848    Aug.  29,  1849 

990  Miiry  Hradley,    Feb.   14,  1850 

991  Edw'd  Maurice,  .June  15,  185;i 

992  Helen  lleuri'la,  May  18,  I85(i    Nov.    ;{,  1857 


Marrliid  or  Romurks. 


Sept.  20,  1866. 


F(!b.  28,  1872. 


Charles  J.  Sey- 
mour,     J'eb. 

993  Nancy  Woods,   .July 

1  child. 

994  Wm.  Woods,      May 


Charlotte  Fitch 
Seymour,         Aug. 

995  Thco.  C.  King,  Aug. 

3  children. 

996  Eugenia  Seym'r,Sept. 

997  Eugenia  nask'll.Fcb. 

998  Eva  Scn'mour, .   Sept. 


35,  1815  Mch.  13,  1840 

14,  1819  ,Iune,       1867    May  10,  1837. 

29,  18:'.9  Jan.      9,  1840 

483. 

4,  1819  May  35,  1863  May  11,  1847. 

30,  1809  Apr.  1,  1858 

23,  1849  Sept.  24,  1849 

15,  1853  Apr.  13,  1873 
34,  1854  Apr.  38,  1863 


-184. 


999 


1000 
1001 
1003 
1003 
1004 
1005 
lOOG 
1007 
1008 
1009 


Samuel  J.  Sey- 
mour, Mch. 

Mary  A,  Seym'r 
nee  Patridge,   May 
10  children. 

Charl'tte  Jarvis,  Oct. 

M'tha  Patridge,  Oct., 

Charl'tte  Jarvis,  Oct. 

Kate  Rowland. 

Mary  Ann,  Mch. 

Carrit!  Taber. 

Samuel  John,  Jr. 

Jennie  Wilson. 

George  Lee. 

Wm.  Patiidge. 


9, 

1833 

18, 

1837 

38, 

1850 

1853 

15, 

1854 

3,  1858 


Chas.  A.  Jarvis,  Feb. 
1010  Statira  Gilder- 
sleeve,  Sept. 
3  children. 


Feb.   17,  1850. 


481>. 

3,  1838 

1,  1829    Nov.    7,  1864 


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No.  Name.  Hdi-ii.  Died.  Miirrli'il  or  RoniarkH. 

1011  Com  Kliziilictli,  Oct.   l;l,  iS.Vt 

1012  (;ii!is.riiiviill»'Uf,Muy    17,  IH.-)? 

2(1  wife. 
l()i;j  Ellen  J.  Smith.  June  II,  ls;r.  Ort.      7,  IH(IH. 

:i  children. 
1014  .Janet  McNiiry,   Felt.      1,1872     Aug.  15,  1873 
lOir,  (U'o.  ();j:l(!vie,      Jiin.    15,187;$ 
lUlO  Eihv.  Wlnslow,  Nov.  20.  1877 


Geo.  Cypriiin 

Jarvis.  Apr.  21,  IKII  Feb.     8,  I8«(i. 

1017  Martha  <iilliim. 

I  ehild. 

1018  Martha  Louisa,  Feb.  20.  1808 

Gkok(je  C.  Jakvih,  M.D., 

Is  the  son  of  Dr.  George  ().  Jarvis  and  Philoniola  Marshall  Jarvis, 
and  was  born  in  the  town  of  Colebrook,  C/onn.,  April  24,  IS.'U. 

Tlic  early  cdncation  of  Doctor  Jarvis  was  received  at  the  district 
school,  which  he  attended  until  he  was  (ifteeii  years  of  age,  after 
which  he  spent  a  year  at  the  Military  Academy  at  Norwich,  \'t., 
and  a  year  with  tlie  Hev.  S.  M.  Kniery  of  Portland,  Conn. 

He  entered  Trinity  ('oUege  in  1851,  and  remained  through  the 
junior  year,  leaving  in  1S5,'}.  lie  spent  the  next  three  years  as 
cleik  in  a  drug  store  in  Middletown,  thereby  accjuiring  a  j)ractical 
acquaintance  with  the  materia  medica. 

Doctor  Jarvis  coniinenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  his  father, 
whose  extensive  surgical  practice  gave  unusual  facilities  for  illustra- 
tions in  this  branch  of  the  profi^ssion.  He  studied  also  a])out  a 
year  with  the  distinguished  gynecologist,  Dr.  J.  Marion  Sims. 
He  attended  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the  New  ^'ork 
University,  from  which  he  received  the  degr-ee  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine, March,  1861.  He  connnenced  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Stamford,  but  remained  only  a  few  months,  entering  the  army 
as  Assistant  Surgeon,  1st  Battalion  Connecticut  Cavalry,  receiving 
his  commission  December,  18G1.  He  was  promoted  as  Surgeon  of 
7th  Connecticut  Volunteers,  October,  18()2,  and  served  honorably 
and  with  distinction  through  the  war,  being  mustered  out  July  20, 
18G.").  His  armj^  record  was  noted  for  bravery  and  gallantry,  as 
well  as  that  of  a  skillful  and  reliable  surgeon,  as  is  shown  in  many 
places  of  trust  and  responsibility. 


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All  nriiiy  life  oxtomling  over  so  loii^  ft  period  of  time,  and 
tlirougli  HO  many  portions  of  the  country,  with  such  (liv(!r8i(ied 
Horvic*'  in  tlif  field  during  and  aft<T  hattlc,  in  tlie  honpitnl,  in  camp, 
on  sea  and  land,  al)()unds  luiturully  with  intonwting  incidents  and 
advontnroH,  which  would  justly  fiiul  place  in  u  more  (extended 
biography.  ( )ne  incidetit,  however,  deserves  espcicial  nmntion. 
When  the  midnight  boat  attack  was  planncid  on  Kort  (Jregg,  the 
regidar  detail  shrank  from  the  exposure  of  taking  surgical  charge 
of  what  was  regarded  and  justly,  as  almost  a  forlorn  hope.  Dr. 
.larvis  volunteered  foi-  this  nervice,  and  was  placeil  in  charge, 
receiving  an  oflicial  indors(>ment  of  his  action  from  th<<  (Jeneial  in 
command.  The  following  is  also  u  characteristic  incident:  After 
the  battle  of  Olnstee,  when  a  retreat  was  ordorcMl,  and  the  wounded 
had  t(j  be  hastily  removed,  the  Doctor  sun (Midered  his  horse  to  a' 
wounded  soldier,  who  would  otherwise  have  been  left  on  tln^  held, 
and  after  a  hard  service  as  optwating  surgeon,  nnirched  on  foot  for 
thirty  nules. 

Doctor  Jarvis  was  appointed  jus  operating  surgeon  for  the  brigade 
after  the  first  battle,  and  contiimed  as  such  of  each  division  with 
which  lie  was  connected  during  his  field  .><ei'vice.  At  Fort  Fisher 
he  was  <.)n  (.Jen.  Terry's  stall  in  the  Himw  (;a])acity.  lie  had  charge 
of  the  post  hospitals  at  Fernandiiui,  Florida,  from  February  to 
April,  18G.'!,  and  at  St.  Augustine  from  April  to  July,  18G.-5,  after 
which  he  went  to  Morris  Island,  lie  superintended  the  reception 
and  feeding  of  the  returned  Union  prisoners  under  (!en.  Ilawley 
at  North-Kast,  near  Wibningtoii,  North  Carolina;  and  was,  after- 
ward, in  charge  of  the  general  hospital  at  Wibningion,  \vher(>  n<'arly 
8,000  were  congregated  from  Andersonville  an(i  other  prison  pens 
of  the  South. 

Tt  was  found  necessar)'  to  surround  the  cook-tents  with  a  strong 
guard,  and  even  then  it  was  iniprs8il)le  to  prevent  the  eager  rush 
for  food,  to  which  a  bayonet  was  but  a  slight,  obstruction.  Scores 
perished  with  the  food  convulsively  grasped  in  tludr  clenched 
hands.  A  fearful  epidemic-  of  ty[)hus  and  typhoid  fevers  followed, 
with  over  a  hundrenl  cases  of  gangrene  of  different  parts  of  tlie 
body,  all  resulting  from  the  want  and  exposure  to  which  the 
prisoners  liad  been  subjected.  Out  of  thirteen  surgeons  and  assist- 
ant surgeons,  nine  were  sick  and  seven  died,  while  the  mortality 
in  the  hospitals  was  necessarily  veiy  great. 

The  following  is  an  epitome  of  his  field  service  as  operating 
surgeon:    He  served    throughout    Fremont's  campaign    in    West 


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Virginia,  during  which  the  following  engagements  occurred: 
McDowell,  Franklin,  Strasbnrg,  Harrisonburg,  Cross  Keys.  Fort 
Republic  Bridge;  through  the  fifteen  days  retreat  under  Pope  from 
the  Rapidan,  ending  with  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run;  in  the 
Department  of  the  South,  at  Morris  Island,  P^ort  "Wagner,  and 
Olustee;  in  Virginia,  with  the  Army  of  the  James  in  the  siege 
around  Petersburg  and  Richmond,  during  wliich  the  following 
engagements  occurred:  Chester  Station,  Bermuda  Humired,  Deep 
Bottom,  Deep  Run,  Chapin's  Farm,  New  Richmond,  New  Market 
Road,  Darby  Town  Road,  Charles  City  Road,  and  at  Fort  Fisher. 

On  the  return  of  Dr.  Jarvis  from  the  war,  he  settled  in  Hartford, 
Conn.,  and  soon  won  a  position  as  one  of  the  leading  surgeons  in 
the  State,  thereby  rec»Mving  a  large  general  and  consultation 
])ractice. 

In  1869,  he  was  appointed  examining  surgeon  for  pensions,  and 
on  the  organization  of  the  Board  in  Hartford,  was  appointed  its 
President,  which  position  he  still  holds.  F\)r  six  years  Jie  was  a 
member  of  the  examining  committee  lor  conferring  degrees  at  the 
Medical  Institution  of  Yale  College,  and  relinquished  the  position 
through  ill  healtii. 

In  1871,  he  was  appointed  attending  surgeon  to  the  Hartford 
Hospital,  a  position  which  he  still  occupies. 


403. 


Married  or  Remarks. 
June  14,  1834. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Thos.  Ni'Wton 

Jarvis,  June  33,  1805 

1015)  Cordelia  IT()l>art,Fi'b.  4.  1818    Sept.  2;?,  1845 

4  children. 
1030  CJliarles,  Dec.   13,  1835  Jiuie  17,  1860 

1021  IIowiiiiidR,     M:iy  27,  1837  Ulay,         1801 

1033  IIciHT  Clay.      Oct.    lit,  1841  July     8,  LSd!) 

1033  Clarissji,    "        Sept.  31,  1843    Dec.    1».  1875    W.  Uuilfoid. 

3(1  wife. 

1034  Emily  Wilitiu.  Doc.    13,  1835  Aiij,'.     5.  184'J 

3  cliihh'cii. 

1035  llan-ict  E.,        July  33,  1850    Jan.    32,1874 
103(5  Florence,  July  30,  1854 


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Miltou  Barlow 
.larvis,  M.D.,  Aug.  5,  1807 


Born  in  New  Hart  f(M(l, 
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No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Marriod  or  RcmarkB. 

1027  Jeiin'teJ.Butler.Oct.  0,1813    April  24,  1838    Feb.   2(5,1830. 
1  child. 


1028  Lou.  Jcanctte,  Jan.   10,  1837 

2(1  wife. 

1029  Helen  M.  Ray- 

mond, Aug.    1,  1810 

0  children. 

1030  Geor!i:("Mil!',)n,.Tune2fl,  1849 

1031  Tames  Lorenzo,  Oct.  24.  1850 

1032  Frank,  Sept.  23,  1852 

1033  Lizzie  Ida.         Dee.  29.  1855 

1034  Nellie  .May,       May  13,  1800 

1035  Josi(!  Kinyon,  Sept.  30,  1857 


Dec.   13,  1857 


Meh. 


Oct.    29,  1800. 


1874    Adoi)ted. 


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Milton  Barlow  Jarvis,  M.D., 

Was  born  August  .'>,  1807,  in  tlio  town  of  Ainenia,  Dutchess  county, 
N.  Y.,  in  a  small  village,  then  called  Jarvis  Corners. 

In  the  spring  of  1820,  his  father  sold  the  old  homestead,  and 
after  a  temporary  rjssidence  in  the  village,  removed,  with  his 
family,  in  1821,  to  Canastoke,  town  of  Lenox,  in  Madison  county. 
The  farm  on  which  he  located  was  part  of  the  tract  known  as  the 
Indian  Reservation,  and  is  situated  on  tlie  Erie  Canal,  about  mid- 
way between  the  city  of  Utica  and  Syracuse. 

Until  the  year  1825,  Dr.  Jarvis  worked  on  the  farm  during  the 
pleasant  months  of  summer,  and  in  the  winter  attended  the  district 
school.  He  then  went  to  an  adjoining  town,  engaging  with  a 
Mr.  James  Beebe  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  tanner  and  currier.  In 
the  year  1828,  from  the  depression  of  business,  hi?  left  Mr.  Beebe 
and  his  tannery,  to  seek  a  more  profitable  calling. 

In  the  winter  of  1S30,  he  visited  his  uncle,  Dr.  Hammond  of 
Dover,  Dutchess  Co.,  who  proposed  that  he  should  study  medicine. 
The  proposition  was  accepted,  and,  in  the  spring  of  1832,  he 
entered  his  uncle's  office,  whei'c^  he  applied  ]iims(>lf  closely  to  his 
books.  .After  the  necessary  lapse  of  time,  and  after  lie  had  gained 
the  prescribtid  amount  of  knowledge,  he  was  graduated,  with  all 
due  honors,  in  the  winter  of  1834  and  1835,  from  the  old  Univer- 
sity in  Barclay  street,  New  York,  under  Professors  Mott,  lihine- 
lander,  and  others  of  like  celebrity.  He  then  returned  to  Dover, 
and  entered  into  partnership  with  his  uncle. 

The  following  winter,  1^'ebrnary  20,  1836,  he  married  Miss  Jean- 
nette  J.  Butler,  daughter  of  Mr.  William  Butler  of  New  Hartford, 
Connecticut.     Miss  Butler  was  j)rinoipal  of  a  young  ladies'  seni'- 


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iiary.  a  talented  and  very  lovely  woman.  The  fniit  of  this  happy 
union  was  the  birth  of  a  daugliter,  Louise  Jeannette,  now  Mrs.  L. 
P.  Kay,  who  was  born  January  10,  18;{7. 

In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year,  Mrs.  Jarvis  took  a  8;^vore  cold, 
whicii  settled  on  her  lungs,  finally  developing  into  phthisis,  wliieti 
resulted  in  her  d(>ath,  April  24,  \H',]H.  From  a  broken  and  now 
desolate  household,  the  daughter  was  sent  to  the  hoint>  and  ean;  of 
the  doctor's  mother,  where,  after  a  brief  period,  \w  followed   her. 

In  the  year  1840,  ho  began,  as  it  were,  anew  the  business  of 
life.  Among  the  Tiiompsoiuaus,  Eclectics,  and  the  innumerable 
medical  pretenders  that  swarm  over  the  country  like  noisy  and 
hungry  locusts,  he  set  up  his  practice,  and  notwithstanding  his 
surroundings,  jirosecuted  his  profession  with  succes.s  and  pfolit. 

It  was  only  after  ten  years  anil  much  deliberation,  that  hv  again 
conclu<led  to  enter  the  matrimonial  ])aradise,  and  enjoy  the  feli- 
cities t)f  a  home  ami  domestic  peace  ani'  happiness.  This  decided 
upon,  it  was  not  long  before  he  had  wooed  and  won  the  accom- 
plished Miss  Helen  M.  Raymond,  daughtcM-  of  A.  Raymond,  Esij. 
The  marriage  of  the  happy  pair  took  place  September  7,  I  HIS. 
With  a  new  home,  new  hopes,  and  rencMved  ambition,  the  future 
now  looked  bright  and  prosperous.  With  his  eldest  daughter 
mairied  (the  second  (lying  at  two  years  of  age),  and  with  three 
sons  (th(^  two  eldest  at  Cornell  ITniversity),  the  doctor  is  cheerful 
and  happy  in  his  family  surroundings. 

In  the  year  \^.TA,  the  doctor  and  his  lady  visited  Europe,  where 
they  spent  five  months  in  most  delightful  travel  and  sight-seeing. 
Although  reared  and  educated  as  an  Episcopalian,  he  has  left  the 
Church  for  the  Unitarian  faith. 

The  doctor  is,  at  the  present  writing,  seventy  yi>ars  of  age,  and 
still  his  eye  is  as  l)right,  his  step  as  firm  and  elastic,  as  when  at 
forty.  Like  his  nonagenarian  grandfather,  he  may  live  on,  growing 
in  grace,  and  reserving  his  strength,  until,  in  the  fulness  of  time, 
he  may  be  numbered  with  his  centenarian  progenitors. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Ellzali'h  Jarvis,  Dec.  31,  1811     May,        1840 
103(J  Wni.  H.  Kinney, 

1  child. 
1037  Charles,  1837  1862 


Married  or  Kciiiarkt>. 


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Ni>.  Nniiic.  Horn.  Died.  Mnrrlod  or  KtMnarki*. 

Clfirissa  .larvis,  .Iiiiio    T),  IHlt  \u^.    1,  IHIO 
1();{8  Liiciim  P.  l{ohc. 

10:{i»  Kmily.  July   14,  WM  Sept.,        tH48 

1010  lliiirict.  May     4,  lH;m  iMdi.    5,  tH(ir) 


Suniurl  .larviH.  Apr.   II.IHI!)     Apr.  39,  18.59    Jan.     9,185;}. 

1041  Klsic  Per  hro,  Dec.  2(\.  \H'i{i 

2  children. 

1043  Per  Lee,  Oct.     0,  1855    July  IT,  185!) 

1()4;{  Alice,  Jwuc  13,  1859     Apr.  15,  1804 


r>or. 


David  S.  Jarvin 

Vi'h.. 

1808 

1044  Eli/a  Browor, 

Nov.. 

1814 

4  childicn. 

Abraiii. 

1045  (Jliarlus, 

A  pr. . 

1840 

I04(i  Howard, 

184.'! 

1047  Florence, 

Dec. 

184!» 

1833. 


Sept.,       1863. 


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David  S.  .Tarvis. 

It  is  a  pleasing  task  to  he  able  to  record  the  virtues  and  e.Ki-el- 
len(!es  of  the  brave  men  ajid  loyal  women  who  have  borne  the 
name  of  Jarvis,  and  to  find  the  .same  strong  and  striking  charao 
teristics  in  the  present  as  in  past  generations,  therel)y  giving  to  the 
family  the  same  distinctive  qualities  through  all  its  history,  of 
integrity,  honor,  and  love  of  country.  In  no  member  of  it  have 
these  featnres  shoni^  brighter  than  in  the  subject  who  heads  our 
brief  sket(di.  We  make  the  t'oUowing  extract  from  a  letter  recently 
received  from  Mr.  Jarvi.s,  which  explains  itself: 

"On  the  breaking  out  of  the  Hebeliion,  I  was  on  a  visit  to  my 
parents,  whom  I  never  failed  to  visit  once  a  year.  I  told  them  it 
was  a  critical  time  for  our  country  (this  was  in  1862),  when  both 
of  them  became  much  excited;  they  hoped  T  c(mld  give  them 
some  good  news,  but  1  could  not.  My  motlusr  exclaimed,  'David, 
you  have  three  good  boys,  Abram,  Charles,  and  Howard.  Go 
yourself,  with  them,  to  the  war,  and  T  will  go,  as  1  can  take  care 
of  the  sick,  or  make  lint  for  the  wounded;  this  Government  must 
be  preserved.  Your  forefather  was  of  Revolutionary  stock,  and 
the  country  must  live.'  My  father  also  added  that  he  hoped  to 
live  long  enough  to  see  tlie  Rebellion  crushed,  when  he  would  be 


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willinj?  to  die.  Ho  wanted  to  feol  that  h«  had  loft  a  country 
imtorii  by  civil  war,  and  as  it  was  designed  by  the  fouiulers  of 
the  republic.  A  brain  went  into  the  war  as  private  secretary  to 
Gen.  Gilmore,  and  died  in  Cliarleston,  of  yellow  fever.  Charley 
wa  ■  in  both  battles  of  Tiull  Run,  and  Howard  sent  a  substitute." 

This  is  a  wortliy  record  of  a  patriotic,  family,  and  shows  the  true 
spirit  that  animated  the  herotw  of  Seventy-six. 


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No.          Name.  Born. 

MarycttciJarvia,  Dec.  4,  1814 

1048  Edwin  Soars,  Jan.  10,  1808 

;{  childnm. 

1041)  Clara  M.,  Feb.  4.  l8;i« 

1050  James  E.,  Apr.  29,  ISiJS 

1051  Mary  A.,  Jan.  85,1841 


Died. 


June, 


1808 


Marrhul  or  RoiniirkH. 


Fil 


1H:»5. 


Feb.,        1888. 
Sept.  19,  1858. 


r»io. 

Jaiio  JarvLs, 

Jan. 

14, 

1818 

Nov. 

17,  1840. 

1052  John  Calvhi 

Jackson, 

June 

3, 

1813 

Live 

in  Sharon,  Conn. 

7  children. 

1053  Helen, 

Doc. 

31, 

1841 

Mch. 

28,  1808. 

1054  Julia, 

Nov. 

27, 

1843 

Dec. 

8,  1804. 

1055  Jolin  Calvin, 

Sept. 

30, 

1846 

105flFriin(es,> 

Jan. 

24, 

1849 

1057  Florence, 

Mch. 

11. 

1851 

1058  Ann  Eliza, 

Jan. 

26, 

1853 

Mch. 

T,  1857 

1059  Charles, 

Feb. 

2, 

1859 

m  1. 

Charles  Jarvis, 

Mch. 

4, 

1821 

Jan. 

26,  184.-). 

lOfiO  Betsey  A.  Hoyt,  Apr. 

3. 

1826 

;{  children. 

* 

1061  C.  Willis, 

Oct. 

29, 

1845 

. 

Jidy 

14,  1800. 

1062  Mellville,  .  July  11,  1849 

1063  Jenny,  Apr.  28,  1808 


SIS. 

John  Jay  Jarvis.Dec. 

4,  1828 

1064  Susan  Forbes, 

2  children. 

1065  Foster, 

1852 

1006  Ella, 

1857 

1850. 


1  Married  Levy  Blydenburg.      Had  Martha,  b.  December  17,  1871,  and 
Jane,  b.  April  17,  1874.     Live  in  ^ew  Haven,  Conu. 
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No.  Name.  Born.  , 

BriceW.  Jarvis,Apr.  18,1831 

1067  Adah  L.  Wood,  Sept.    4,  1835 

3  children. 

1068  Alice  B.,  Jan.     4,1856 

1069  John  W.,  Jan.    23,  1862 

1070  Mary  E.,  Oct.   22,  1869 


Died. 


SIS. 


Benj.  L.  Jarvis,  June    6,  1835 

1071  Mary  Over- 

baugh, 
1  child. 

1072  Ella  P., 


Feb.     3,  1835 
Oct.    15,  1860 

s«o. 

Oct.    18,  1820 


Married  or  Remarks. 
Sept.    5,  1854. 


Jan.     4,  1859. 


Apr.  20,  1848. 


i-  Twins. 


Jan.  1,  1862. 


Catherine  R. 
Crawford, 

1073  Jos.  B.  Brown. 

3  children. 

1074  Alice  Crawford,  Jan.  26,  1852 

1075  Margar't  Louise,  Jan.  26,  1852 

1076  "W  arren  Crawf  d.Apr.    4,  1854 

Martha  Jeanette 
Crawford,      May  14,  1837 

1077  Tunis  Quackenbush. 

2  children. 

1078  Jeanette,  1863 

1079  Wm.  N.,     Dec.  25,  1864 


S30. 

Rev.  Wm.  Oscar 
Jarvis.  1         July    1.  1822 

1080  Mary  Frances  Burt,«  June  23,  1851     April  25,  1850. 

2d  wife. 

1081  Ellen  Douglass,"  June,        1871     Jan.  5.  1854. 

4  children. 

1082  Douglass,  July     8.  1855 

1083  Hen'y  Douglass,  Mch.  9, 1858 


1  Ordained  Deacon    Sept.  19,  1849;   Priest   Nov.  34,  1850— by  Bishop 
Brownell. 

-  Daughter  of  Rev.  Mo.ses  Burt. 

i*  Daughter  Major  D.  B.  Do\iglass,  LL.D. 


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DESCENDANTS   OF   W1LI,IAM — SIXTH    OENKUATION. 


123 


No.  Name.  Born. 

1084  Ann  Eliza,        May     2,  1860 

1085  Wm.  Oscar,     Aug.    9,  1865 


Died. 


Married  o.-  Remarks. 


S3S. 

W(;llington  Jar- 
vis,  Aug.  20.  1829 
1085i  Isabella  L.  Stone. 
6  clilldren. 

1086  Henry  Stone,    April  18,  1856    Oct.    31,1871 

1087  Addie  Stone,    PY'h.     7,  1860 

1088  Louise  Heath,  July  22,  1863 

1089  Julia  Conklin,  July  13,  1861 

1090  Clara,  July  31,  1873    Aug.     7.  1876 

1091  Jennie,  May  22,  1875    June  19.  1875 


June  20,  1855. 


SSI. 

Fred'Ic  Wm. 
Jarvis,'  Feb.     7,  1818 

1092  Caroline  Sl<ynner. 

5  children. 

1093  Fred'k  Aug.,    Aug.  30,  1858     Sept.    8,1859 

1094  Geo.Hauiilton,Mch.  14,  1859 

1095  Flor.  Caroline,  Jan.     5,  1860 

1096  Fred.Clarenco,Aug.  10,  1862 

1097  Edm.  Meredith, Jan.  27,  1867 


Oct.  5,  1857. 


£5SS 

Amelia  Jarvis,  May  24,  1819 

1098  Alex.  Proudfoot. 

7  children. 

1099  Wm.  Stephen, 

1100  Frederick, 

1101  Mary, 

1102  Elizabeth, 

1103  Amelia, 

1104  Alexander,  M.D., 

1105  Thomas, 


1836. 


1837 

1839 

1841  Sept.  8,  1862 

1843        1874 

1845    March,      1868 

1847 

1849    Oct.      5,  1867 


Lives  in  Montreal. 


SS3. 


Geo.  Thomas 
Jarvis,  Nov.  30,  1820 

1106  Eliza  Hovenden. 
5  children. 


Jan.  4,  1852. 


'  Frederick  William  Jarvis  succeeded  his  luicle  as  High  Sheriff  of  Tor- 
onto, which  position  he  at  present  (1878)  holds. 


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124 


DESCENDANTS   OF    WILLIAM — SIXTH    GENERATION. 


No.         .Name.  Born.  Died. 

1107  Sarah  Isabel,     Pec.  23,  1855 

1108  Julia  Eliza,       Sept.  17,  1857 

1109  Wm.  Maule,     Juno    6,  1859 

1110  Goo.  Robinson,  Oct.     7,  1863 

1111  Charlotte  Mary.May  15,  1867 

Stephen  Maulc 
Jarvis,  Nov.    2,  1822 

1112  Mary  Stinson. 

5  children. 

1113  Marg.  Is.  Maule,  Jan.  28, 1851 

1114  Thos.  Stinson,' May  31,  1854 

1115  Steph.  Jervis 

White,  May     3,  1861 

1116  Mary  Catharine,  Feb.,     1863    July  31,  1863 

1117  Edward,  Feb.  28,  1873 


Married  or  Remarks. 


Sept.  10,  1850. 


Dec.  3,  1871,  Benjamin 
Read  Clarkson. 


Peter  Robinson 
Jarvis,"  Aug.  16,  1824  Feb.  12,  1849. 

1118  Marion  Neilson, 

11  children. 

1119  Fred'k  Starr.s  Sept.  27,  1850  Sept.  20,  1877. 

1120  Marg.  Annabella,  Aug.  1, 1852     . 

1121  Thos.  Neilson,  May  22,  1854 

1122  Marion  Zeta,*   Oct.   23,  1856  Oct.  22,  1878. 


*  Thomas  Stinson  Jarvis  is  a  law  student  at  Toronto.  In  1873-4,  made  a 
tour  through  P^gj'pt  and  the  Holy  Land,  and  afterwards  wrote  a  book  of 
travels,  entitled  "Letters  from  East  Longitudes,"  dedicated  by  special 
permission  to  the  Earl  of  Dufferin,  Governor-General  of  Canada.  This  Is 
a  most  interesting  work,  and  reflects  great  cndit  on  the  young  author.  It 
will  compare  favorably  with  the  best  works  of  travel  in  the  Holy  Land. 
The  style  is  neat  and  graphic,  and  the  numerous  scene?'  and  incidents  are 
portrayed  so  vividly  that  we  catch  the  inspiration  of  his  pen,  and  seem 
transported  to  the  spot,  and  share  with  him  the  interest  felt  at  the  moment 
of  writing.  As  was  said  of  the  works  of  Oliver  Goldsmith,  "  This  excellent 
book  is  only  open  to  one  criticism — of  being  too  brief." 

•Peter  R.  Jarvis  sailed  for  Canton,  China,  in  1845,  in  ship  "Achbar," 
thence  to  Singapore  and  Calcutta.  Remaining  here  a  few  months,  he  took 
passage  in  the  ship  "Grotius,"  bound  for  Boston  mA  Isle  of  France  and 
St.  Helena.  On  his  return  he  settled  at  Stratford,  Ontario,  and  was  for 
several  years  Mayor  of  that  town.     He  still  resides  there. 

'Married  Miss  Brooks;  one  child  born  Dec.  6,  1878. 

*  Married  Peter  Woods,  at  Brunswick  Lodge,  Stratford,  Ontario,  Canada. 


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125 


No.  Name.  Born. 

1123  Juliii,  Sept.  20,  1858 

1124  Edmund  Head, Mch.    6,  1860 

1125  Mary  Beatrice,  Nov.  20,  18G1 

1126  PeterRobinson,  Nov.37, 1864 

1127  Ada.  Dagma,    Dec.     3,  1866 

1128  Chas.  Brydger,Feb.     1,  1869 
1139  Edgar  Ralph,   Feb.  14,  1872 


Died. 


Married  or  Remarks. 


Chas.  Beverley 
Jarvis,  Nov.  16,  1836 

1130  Elizabeth  Mead. 

1  child. 

1131  Fauny,  June  19,  1854 


2,  1828  Feb.  27,  1861  Oct.  30,  1851. 


Mary  Jarvis,     Dec. 
1133  Henry  Skynner. 
5  children. 

1133  Francis  Louis,  Sept.  28,  1853 

1134  Eleanor  Isabella,  Aug.  4,  1854 

1135  Emily  Mary,     Oct.     8,  1856 

1136  Henry  John,     Feb.  21,  1858 

1137  Wm.  Jarvis,     Feb.  31,  1861 

Arthur  Murray 
Jarvis,  Oct.    37,  1830 

1138  Martha  Matilfia  Ratclifle,  Nov.  15,  1858 

1  child. 

1139  Steph.  Murray,  Mch.  4,  1854 

2d  wife. 

1140  Annie  Stein  Maclear, 

7  children. 

1141  Harry  Aug.,     Dec.  31,  1860 

1142  Arthur  Murray,  Apr.  6,  1862 

1143  Thos.  Henry,    March,     1864 

1144  Isabella  Maule,  Oct.  32,  1865  1873 

1145  Fred'k  Starr,    June  15,  1867 

1146  Wm.  Morley,   Aug.  39,  1870      • 

1147  Constance  Kings- 

mill,  Mch.  38,  1872 


Oct.  26,  1853. 


Feb.  8.  1860. 


soo. 


Edgar  John 
Jarvis, 


Jan.  28,  1835 


Oct.  17,  1863. 


126 


DKSCKNDANTS   OF   WILLIAM — SIXTH    OKNEUATION. 


Born. 


Died. 


■^^^^^^^K'         No.  Name. 

;^^HHp        1148  Charlotte  Beau- 

J^^^K^  mont. 

^^^H|  10  children. 

^^^B  1149  Edgar  Beaum't,. July    7,  1804 

1150  Paul,  Sept.  27.  1865 

1151  Ernest.  Oct.   12,  1806 

1152  Harold,  Oct.     4.  1867 
1158  Francis  Proud- 
foot.                  Oct.  27.  1861) 

1154  Herbert  Cherri- 

man,  Oct.  17,  1871 

1155  LouisRaymond.May  19.  1874 

1156  Percy  and  Eva.  Jan.  16.  1877 
Q^ti**^  fHiufJt^o^  Bern,         Jan.   17,  1879   ^ 

Frances  Amelia 
Maule,  Oct.  28,  1814    Dec.     3,  1848 

1157  Major-General 

Budgen. 
8  children. 

1158  John,  July    6,  1836 

1159  William  Thos.,  June  11,  1838 

1160  Fanny  Lydia,     Oct.     2.  1840 

1161  Caroline  Maria,!  June  30,  1343 

1162  Ellen  Isabel,      Mch.  12,  1845 

1163  Alice  Charlotte,Mch.  12, 1846 

1164  George,  Mch.  23,  1848 1 

Twins.  \ 

1165  Mary,  Mch.  23, 1848  J  Dec.  10,  1848 


Married  or  Remarks. 


■ 


Twins 


Mot  yBt.biii>tiwiTljL*.^tA^,^^<' 


Capt.  H.  M.  96th  Regt. 
Maj.  Royal  Artillery. 
Capt.  Cary,  R.  A. 

Aug.  21,  1867,  Dr. 
Morert. 

A  Lieut,  in  H.  M. 
98th  Regt. 


Charl'te  Maule.  June  26,  1824    July  26,  1864    Jime  30,  1862. 

1166  Capt.  M.  Gillies.  8  H.  M.  55th  Regt. 

1  child. 

1167  Fanny,  Mch.,      1864 


1 


Mary  Catharine 
Maule. 

1168  Jonathan  Hard- 

ing. 

1169  A  daughter,       Oct.  12,  1853 


1  Married  Edwin  Frederick  Temple,  Capt.  H.  M.  55th  Regt. 
*  Capt.  Gillies  served  on  the  Bhootan  expeditir>".,  in  1865. 


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127 


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'^''"     P  u^TxT     ,     ,   .     ""T  ^""'  Married  or  Remarks. 

Robert  Maule.i  Aug.  26.  1831  Jau   8   1863 

1170  Henrietta  Lou- 

isa Luke. 

4  children. 

1171  Edith  Blogden,  July  25,  1865 

1172  Lilian  Beatrice,  Dec.  11,  1867 

1173  Percy  Sidney,    Aug.    7,  1870 

1174  Fr.  Jarvis  Fox,  Fob.   12.  1873    July   28,  1873 

Julia  Eliza  Jar- 

117o  Geo.  Hamilton,  May  21,  1858 

5  children. 

1176  Geo.  Wellesley,  June  22,  1847  Miss  Sicotte. 

1177  Robert  Craigie,  July    1,1848  July   18,1848 

1178  Julia,  Nov.  26,  1849  Dead 

1179  Chas.  Chetwood.  Jan.     9.  1851  i873.  Kate  Parker. 

1180  Robert  Craigie,  8  July    6,1852  Apr.  28,  1875. 

Frances  Amelia 
Jarvis,  Jan.  26,  1826 

1181  John  Robert 

Taylor.  * 
4  children. 

1182  Frances  Amelia.Feb.  22,  1843 

1183  Seatou  Frank,    July  24,  1844 

1184  Cyrel,  Sept.   2,  1846 

1185  Mowbray,  Aug.   5.  1862 


Mary  Sophia 
Jarvis,  Nov.  12,  1829 

1186  J.  Briggs  Miller, 

Lewis, 
1  child. 

1187  John  (George 

Stephen,  Oct.     3,  1^57 


June  19,  1856. 
Surgeon-Major,  R.  A. 


>  Robert  Maule  was  a  Captain  in  PI.  M.  82d  Rogt. ;  retired  fronuhe  ser- 
vice after  having  served  during  the  Indian  Mutiny,  and  is  now  (1878) 
residing  in  Toronto.  ^        ' 

«  Married  second  husband,  Henry  McKay,  Dec.  3,  1861. 

«  Married  Charlotte  Lewis,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Rt.  Rev  J  Travers 
Lewis.  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Lord  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Ontario 

^Surgeon  11  M.  29th  Regt.  Served  in  Affghan  war,  1843;  Crimean 
war,  1854;  and  Indian  Mutiny, 


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128 


DESCENDANTS   OF   WILLIAM— SIXTH   GENERATION. 


Married  or  Remark*. 
Sept.  19,  1805. 
Died  in  infancy. 


18f>2 
1863 


No.  Name.  Bom.  Died. 

Geo.  Sherwood 
Jarvls,  Nov.    8,  1834 

1188  Annie  Mclntyre. 

1  cliild. 

Ann  Frances    . 
Jarvis,  May    4,  1830 

1189  Edmund  A.Mer- 

editli,  1817 

8  cliildren. 

1190  Mary  Elizabetli.Oct.   20,  1856 

1191  Alice  Louisa,      Jan.    10,  1859 
1193  Harriet  Maule,   Sept.    3,  1860 

1193  Edm.  Ar.  Jarvis,  1864 

1194  Clarence  Graves,  Jan.     8,  1867 

1195  Ethel  Colborne,  Apr.  26,  1868 

1196  Morna  Irvine,     July  13,  1871 

1197  ColbornePo well,  Sept.  13,  1874 

Edmund  Allen  Meredith,  LL.D.,  sch.  T.C.D., 

Was  graduated  at  the  University  of  Dublin,  1837.  Received  hon- 
orary degree  of  M.A.  from  Bishop's  College,  Lennox ville,  and  that 
of  LL.D.  from  McGill  University;  was  called  to  the  Irish  Bar  1844, 
to  the  Bar  of  U.  C.  the  same  year,  and  to  the  Bar  of  L.  C.  1845. 
Was  principal  of  McGill  College,  1846-7 ;  appointed  Assistant  Secre- 
tary U.  C,  20th  May,  1847 ;  Inspector  of  Prisons  and  Asylums,  1859 ; 
Chairman  of  Board  of  Inspectors  of  Prisons  and  Asylums,  1864; 
Under  Secretary  of  State  for  Provinces,  1st  July,  1807;  Chairman 
of  Civil  Service  Board,  1869.  Is  an  Hon.  Member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Social  Science,  and  a  Cor- 
responding Member  of  the  New  York  Prison  Association. 


S&S. 


Louisa  Jarvis,     Dec.  16,  1831 

1198  Augustus  Nan- 

ton. 

7  children. 

1199  Harry  William,  Mcb 

1200  Mary  Rosalee,    May 

1201  John  George,      Jan. 

1202  Augustus  Mere- 
.  dith.  May 


8.  1856 
6,  1857 

6.  1859 

7,  1860 


June,       1859 


DESCENDANTS    OF    WIM.IAM—SIXTH    OKNERATION. 


129 


No  Name.  Born, 

laoailorl).  Colborne,  July  31,  18«;J 
1304  Lilian  Caroline,  Dec.  !{1,  18«5 
1805  Edward,  July  80,  1867 


Died. 


Married  or  Reinarkn. 


•Inly   ;!1,  lHfi7 


Wm.  D.  Jarvis.'Aug 

1206  Marg't  Uaniiey. 

5  cliililreu. 

1207  Mary  Louisa.      Apr. 

1208  Wm.  HefTJiiald,  Au;^-. 
120!)  ColborneDennis.Fel). 
1210  Harry  St.  John,  Api 


4,  18^4 


14. 


1861 
1H62 
19,  1864 
14.  1H66 


Jan.   23,  1864 


i^n  Maria  Mabel,      Nov.  m,  1807    Aug.  15,  1860 


I 


1212 

12  IS 
1214 
1215 
1216 
1217 

1218 
1210 
1220 


Sarah  Jarvi.s,      May     4, 
Lewis  W.  Ord. » 

8  (;hildren. 
Arthur  B.,  Apr.     6, 

Lewis  Kednian,  Oct.    17, 
Craven  R.  Ord,  June  2;^ 
Violet  Isabel,      Oct.   21,' 
William  Hots- 
ford  Jarvis,      May 
FIorenceAu^'ta.July 
Edni'dTlieod'c,  Aug> 
Louisa, 


18;{6 


1855 
1856 
1858 
I860 


25, 

9, 
30, 


Henry  Sanford 
Jarvis,  Aui 


8, 


1865 
1867 
1874 

eor. 

1818 


Died  in  iiifan(-y. 


December  2,  1849,  at 
Deposit,  N.  Y. 


1221  Rachel  Peters. 

3  children. 

1222  Harrie,  Nov.  14,  1853 

1223  Charles  Maples,  Apr.  1(!,  1856 

1224  Frederick,  Nov.     6.  1860 

»  William  Dummer  Jarvis  was LieuiTiini^r   1'^thlZZ~^  7. 

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130  DESOKNDANTS   OK    WILLIAM— SIXTH    OENKUATION 


. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

MiiriiM 111  Bradley 
Jarvis.  Jul.V     1,  1830 

1225  Win.  Kly.  Feb.     0.1873 

.')  chiltlrcn. 
122«  Henry  Oliver,     Nov.  i;J,  1841 

1227  Lo'isaarlswold.Mune  19, 1850 
122H  Marietta  IMatt,  July  3,  1857 
122i)(}eo.  Mather,  Mch.  4,18(10 
1230  Cbus.  Piatt.        Aug.  14,  1803 

ooi>. 


Married  or  RomarkB. 
Au};.  30,  18:«). 

November  10,  1870,  to 

Kate  White. 
Nov.  2,  1871. 


Sarah  M.  Jarvis,  Apr.     7,  182G 
12;{1  Solomon  F.  Gary. 

;?  children. 
13:53  Wm.  Ely,  Dec.  17,  1853 

13;}3  Mariette  Jarvis,  Apr.  30,1855 
1334  Sarah  Flagler,    Nov,    3,  18(5« 

OlO. 

Francis  V.  Jar 
vis,  Apr.     7,  1826 

1235  John  P.  Dean. 
3  children. 

1336  Fannie,  Sept.  13,  1858    •;""•  2^'  ^f^ 

1337  Minnie,  Feb.  10,1863    Apr.  18,1863 

1338  Ida  Sanford,       Dec.  15,  1863 


Mch.  15,  1853. 


Dec.  37,  1854. 


Eliza  Ann  Jar- 
vis, 

1339  Jos(!pb  B.  Mc- 

Kean, 

5  children. 

1340  Franklin  B., 

1341  Anna  B. , 
1343  Henry  J., 
1343  Katbarine, 
1244  Marietta  B., 


<51  1. 

Apr.  33,  1838  Feb.  15.  1856. 

Oct.     8,  1871 

May  14,  1857    July     4.  1858 
July  38,  1859 
Mch.    1,  1861 
Mch.  36,  1864 
Aug.    0,  1866 


03S. 


(Jeorge  F.  Well- 
man,  Apr.  13,  1818 


June  33,  1846. 


I  Married  to  Robert  M.  Hagerman.     1  child. 


DK80KNDANTH    OF    VVIIJ.IAM— SIXTH    OKNKKATION.  1 .{ | 

?9Arr    "T^M  """'■  »'""•  M,.rrl...l.,rR.,„«rkH. 

1245  Carol  I  III'  M. 

ProHcotl. 

8  childnMi. 

l240Geo.  iroiiHT.       Apr.     4,  1H47    May  28   1H70 

IMS  UuiH.  llcrhert,    May     5,  1853     Mch.    4,  1855 


«3r. 

Merritt  H.  W  ,  il- 

"»»".  Jan.    15,  1823 

1249  Cath.  Ann  Coles. 

4  children. 

1250  Edward  .lunicH.  Aug.  11,  1855  Ool,.  35,  1856 
1351  Theodore  Coles,  Aug.  ;}0,  185(1  Meh.  13,'  1859 
1353  Maria  Watson,    Mdi.    3,  18,5}) 

1353  Tliomas  Coles,    Oct.     5,  18(11 


Oct.  17.  1854. 


«3>st. 

Henry  II.  Well- 
man,  Sept.  30,  1826 

1254  Mary  Elizabeth 

Northrojx 
4  childn^n. 

1255  Julia  H('becca,   Ai)r.  28,  1858    May   Hi,  1858 
125(5  Charles  ITeniy,  July     1,1800 

1257  Annie  Amelia,   Meli.    8,  18(53 
1358  Mary  Northroi),  Feb.  15,  186!) 


July  23,  1856. 


030. 

Homer  H.  Well- 
man,  Sept.  30,  1826 

1259  Marian  J.  Harri- 

son. 

2  children. 

1260  Edwin  Homer,  Aug.  25,  1857 

1261  Herbert  James,  Feb.     9,  1865 


Oct.  7,  1851.     Living  in 
New  York. 


Graduate  of  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  Va. 


Caroline  S. 
Camp, 
1262  Pethuel  Mills- 
paugh. 
4  children. 


July     3,  1825 


Sept.  25,  1845. 


» Married  to  Chaa.   J.   Sewall.     2  (-hildren-Henry  Foster  b  Dec    15 
1875,  Edith  Prescott,  b.  Feb.  15,  1878.  "         '       ' 


|r  r 


\:vi 


DKHnKNpANTH,  OK    Wll.M AM—MIXTII    (IKNKHATION. 

""'■"  '"'••l.  Marilod  or  HomarkH. 


No.  Naino. 

12(i:{  Fniiic(!s  lOIi/.u 

'"'•li.  Nov.  24.  1840 

12(14  Siliis  Ciiinp,  Nov.  28,  1848  Nov.  22.  18.')1 
12(15  Kird'k  Woisl<.r,.Imu!  8,  1851  Dec.  lo"  imr, 
Vim  William  W..       Mch.  14.  1858 

2(1  Imshiind. 
12(t7  Win.  W.  Jones, 

Elizalx'Mi  A. 

Ciinii),  Oct.    i;{.  1828 

1208  Hcv.  Win.  F. 

Hrviinl,.  • 

1  ("hild. 
1200  Mary  E..  |),,o.  ;J0,  1855 


July  5.  1862. 


Jan..  1854. 


1868 


Gco.Wui.Can.p.Apr.   10,  18;J2     Apr.  24.  1874    Jan.  10   1850 

1270  Sarah  J.  Uey- 

nolds. 

3  cliildrcn. 

1271  Elsie  E.,  Mch.    5,  1801 

1272  Frank  B..  May,        1803    Au^r.. 

1273  Geo.   K.,  Juno  10,  1807 


1809 


«  lO. 

Theodore  Edson 
Camp,  July  20^  iggj) 

1274  Sarah  J.  E.  Jones. 

2  children. 

1275  Silas  William,  Oct.    15,  1870 
1270  Elizabeth  Aiin,Nov.    8,  1871 


Dec.  15,  1809. 


Geo.  Foster, 

1277  Mary  Fanoher. 

2  children. 

1278  Mary  l.ouise, 

1279  Charley, 


1830 


1801 
1803 


1859. 


o<ir*. 


AliceM.Knapp,Dec.23.  1848    April  10,  1874    1871 

1280  Robt.  Mclvni-ht. 

2  children. 

1281  Harry,  igcG    Feb.   22,  1871 

1282  Walter  Miller,  1372 


'  Rev.  M,-.  Bryant  was  an  Epi.scopal  clergyman,  and  died'^iidd^nly  at 

«4f,  "'"'    T.f.   ""'''  '"  *I»^'''^^""'  1«58  or  9.     Mrs.   Bryant  is  now 
(18(0)  hvuig  m  Chicago. 


DUHCKNDANTH    OK    Wtl.UAM HIXTil    (IKNKRATION. 


133 


No.  Naino.  Bora.  |)u„|. 

Dtliii  Anil 

Kiiiipp,        .iiiiy    ".»,  inno 

liKi  Kzra  Hiclmnlson. 
1  cliild. 

1284  Au/,'nstii.  Jk-c.  'i'.i,  1874 

Wm.  J.  Mc- 

Alpino.  April :{{),  1813 

1285  Sarah  K.  Lariied. 

7  cliildrcM. 
1380  Klizaln'th.Iuiie,  Dec.  38,  1841 

1287  Miiry  Amelia,  Mcli.  1.1,  1844 

1288  Julia  Jarvis,     Nov.  la,  184(5 

138«  Wni.  Donald 

McCJregor,     Feb.  3«,  184»    Dee.   30,  1858 
1390  Sarah  .loso- 

phine,  June  18,  1858 

1801  Catharine  L..  185({ 

1893  Anna  Gertrude,  June  39,  1855) 


Mnrrled  or  Rtimiirkti. 
1874. 


FeJj.  34,  1841. 


Charles  F.  Jolnmon. 
One  Hon. 

Euir.  I.eut/e,  IT.  S.  N. 
(^ne  daughter. 


Amelia  Anna 
McAlpine,     Oet.      0,  181(5 
1898  Chas.  Tyng-,      Au--.  34,  1801 
5  children. 

1394  Chas.  Dudley,  May     3,  l8;Mi 

1395  Anita  Eli/ahetli,  Feb.  4,  1888 
1390  .Iulia(Jertrude,  Oct.     8,1840    Jan.      0,1848 

1397  George,  May   13,  1842  July  i.^,  i8«9 

1398  Julia  Gertrude,May,        1844    May.         1840 


j  Nov.  9,  1838.     Living 
(      in  Providence,  li.  I. 

Living  in  Arizona. 


Miris  Anita  ELtzABETii  Tyno 

Is  the  second  cliikl  of  Charles  Tyng  and  Anita  A.  McAlpine,  and 
was  born  Feb.  4,  1838.  8he  was  named  for  her  grandmother  and 
great-grandmother,  both  being  descended  from  the  family  of 
Jarvis. 

From  childhood  Miss  Tyng  has  been  an  earnest,  energetic 
fa.'ident.  Fond  of  scientific  reading  and  research,  she  turned  her 
attention  to  the  study  of  medicine  and  surgery.  She  entered  the 
Woman's  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  she  gradu- 
ated in  1864.  After  her  graduation,  she  went  to  New  York,  where 
she  was  introduced  into  Bellevue  Hospital  by  Dr.  James  R.  Wood. 


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134 


DESCENDANTS    OF    VnILLIAM — SIXTH    OENEHATION. 


She  afterwards  became  Assistant  Surgeon  to  Dr.  H.  R.  Storor 
of  Boston,  who  was  Surgeon  to  the  New  Enghind  Hospital  for 
Women  and  ('liihiren. 

In  the  year  18G8,  she  removed  to  Providence,  where  she  is  highly 
esteemed  as  a  woman  and  physician. 

In  1872,  she  was  elected  member  of  the  fihode  Island  Medical 
Socaety,  and  subsequently  a  member  of  tlu;  Providence  Medical 
Association. 

Soon  after  thesQ  honors  had  been  bestowed  upon  Jier,  she  read 
'">efore  the  State  Society  a  paper  on  '  Eclampsia  I'uerporalis,"  a 
disease  which  slu;  liad  treated  sixccessfully.  This  paper,  whose 
merits  were  respectfully  discussed  at  tha^,  time  by  J)rs.  C'lapp, 
Capron,  Stanley,  and  others,  has  since  been  published. 

Miss  Tyng  has  lately  received  the  appointment  of  Delegate  to  the 
American  Medical  Association,  which  meets  in  Chicago.  She  has 
also  received  other  and  later  honors  at  the  hands  of  the  profession, 
and  it  is  very  evident  that  Miss  Tyng  will,  eventually,  take  her 
place  among  the  representative  women  of  this  progressive  age. 


<M)0. 


No.  Name.  Bom. 

Elizabeth  Mary 

McAlpine,     Aug.  31,  1833 
1399  Jas.  I..  MrrGrcgor. 

3  children. 

1300  Mary  Stuart,     Mch.  39,  1849 

1301  John  Alpine.     June  33,  1853 

Chas.F.Osborn,  Scpt.38,  '818 
1303  Caroline  Kellogg, 
3d  wife. 

1303  Harriet  Smith.' 

Child. 

1304  Clarence  P.,     June  13.  1860 


Piad.  Miirrieil  or  Remarks. 

Aug.  IC,  1847. 


Mch.  33,  1841. 
Ap.-ii    1,  1864     Dan.  Eweck  Kellogg. 

April  19,  1805. 


Nelson  Jarvi.s 
Wat(irl)Ui.) . 
1305  Nancy  D.  M.  Gibson. 

4  children. 
1300  Lucy  Sutford. 

1307  Eliz.  Jarvis. 

1308  Maria  (Jibsoii. 

1309  Nelson  Jarvis,  Jr. 


Tlf>. 


See  Appendix  U. 


'Daughter  of  Stephen  Smith,  Norwalk. 


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4. 


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DKS0ENDANT8    OF    WILLIAM— SIXTH    GENERATION. 


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'•  I  ivi      I',    i   ■ 

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136 


DE8CKNDANT8   OF    WILLIAM — SIXTH    GENEKATION. 


to  take  medical  direction  of  the  forces  at  Pinckney  Island,  Sea- 
brook's,  and  Elliott's  IMantatioiis,  S.  C^. 

In  Septemb(ir,  1862,  the  yellow  fever  which  destroyed  General 
Ormsby  Mitchell  and  other  prominent  officers  in  the  Department 
of  the  South,  laifl  low  also  many  of  the  7th  New  Hampshire  Vol- 
unteers, and  he  was  sent  to  New  York  city  in  chai'jjje  of  a  detach- 
ment of  this  re}i;imeiit,  on  the  steamer  "  Delaware."  Tie  then  pro- 
ceeded to  Phihulclphia,  where  he  remained  as  Examining  Surgeon 
of  recruits  until  the  early  spring  of  18G.'{,  when  he  was  ordered  to 
fit  up  a  hospital  for  the  accommodation  of  Confederate  prisoners 
at  Fort  Delaware,  Delaware  Ray;  after  which  he  rejoined  his  regi- 
ment, the  Hd  Pennsylvania  Artillery,  at  Camp  Hamilton,  Va., 
May,  1863. 

In  June,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  as  Post  Surgeon  of  Fortress 
Monroe,  where  he  reni.ined  until  December,  1865,  when,  the  war 
having  closed,  he  left  the  U.  S.  military  service.  In  the  autumn, 
before  leaving  the  army,  lie,  with  two  other  commissioned  officers, 
was  detailed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  investigate  the  manage- 
ment of  all  hospitals,  past  and  present,  near  Fortress  Monroe. 

After  returning  to  Philadelphia,  lie  attended  lectures  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1865-66,  and  June  1,  1866,  he 
settled  in  Denver,  Col.  His  practice  is  general,  though  a  large 
portion  is  surgical.  Among  his  notable  cases  is  that  of  a  girl  ten 
years  of  age,  run  over  by  a  locomotive  engine;  in  which  case  he 
removed  the  left  arm  two  inches  below  the  elbow,  tht  right  arm 
three  inches  below  the  shoulder-Joint,  and  the  left  lower  leg  at  the 
junction  of  the  middle  and  upper  third  of  the  tibia,  with  the 
result  of  a  rapid  recovery. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Medical  Society,  of  which  he 
was  President  in  18G8;  also  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Medical 
Society;  and  President  of  the  State  Board  of  Health  for  1876-7-8. 

Since  1868,  he  has  held  the  office  of  Examining  Surgeon  for 
Pensions;  was  City  Physician  of  Denver  from  1872  to  1876,  and 
again  in  1876-9;  from  187-4  to  1876  was  President  of  the  Board 
of  Education  of  Denver. 

He  has  been  Vice-President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  "Wolfe 
Hall,"  Denver,  since  1875;  member  of  the  Standing  Committee  of 
Colorado  for  1878. 

From  1870  to  1876,  he  was  Surgeon  of  the  Kansas  Pacific  and 
Denver  Pacific  Railroads,  and  again,  since  1877,  of  the  Donver 
Pacific;  he  has  been  Surgeon  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
road since  its  construction  in  1870. 


DKSCENDANTS    OF    WILLIAM SIXTH    GKNKUATION. 


137 


He  is  Medical  Referee  for  the  "  Mutixal  Benefit  Life  Ins.  Co."  of 
New  Jersey,  and  for  the  "  New  York  Life  Ins.  Co."';  also  Medical 
Examiner  for  the  "New  York  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.";  the  "Con- 
necticut Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.";  the  '-New  York  Home  Life  Ins. 
Co.,"  and  others. 

He  lias  been  President  of  the  Agricultural  Ditch  Co.  since  1875. 

His  medical  writings  relate  chiefly  to  the  climate  of  Colorado, 
and  to  matters  of  hygiere. 


•rsio. 

No.          Name.                       Born.                        Died. 

Married  or  Reinarks 

Jno.E.liiissftt.'  Mch.  81,  1830 

June  11,  1860. 

1333  Sarah  B.  Pratt. 

4  chrulren. 

1333  Mary  Lindcr- 

grc'on,             May  27,  1805 

1334  Geo.  Jarvis,      Nov.  23.  1860 

1335  Annie  Louise,  June  14,  1873 

1336  Sarah  Isabelle,  Oct.   16,  1875 

Ann  Augusta 

Jarvis,  Pel).   14,  1849    Apr.  13,  1877    July  8,  1873,  by  Rev. 

S.  J.  Horfon,  D.D. 
1337  E.D.Woo(llmry,-^May  30,  1837 

3  children. 

1328  Roger  Atwater,  Jan.    10,  1875  Born  at  Denver. 

1329  Sanford  Jarvis,  Aug.  30,  1870  Born  at  Denver. 


E.  D.  Woodbury 

Was  the  son-in-law  of  Benjamin  A.  Jarvis  of  Cheshire,  Conn. 
His  wife's  name  was  Ann  Augusta  Jarvis;  and  tlie  following  is  an 
abbreviated  statement  of  the  services  of  this  diistinguished  soldier 
in  the  Union  army  during  the  Rebellion. 

On  the  14th  of  Decemlier,  1863,  while  principal  of  the  academy 
at  Derby,  Vermont,  he  enlisted  for  three  years,  as  a  })rivate,  in 
Company  E,  First  Vermont  Cavalry. 

On  January  21,  1SG4,  lie  joined  his  regiment  in  camp  at  Stevens- 
burg,  Virginia,  where  he  found,  among  tlio  officers,  scn'cral  of  his 
old  college  friends  and  classmates,  but  as  lie  had  a  disabled  liaud, 
from  a  felon,  he  was  prevented  from  joining  (Jeneral  Kilpatrick 
in  his  famous  raid  around  Richmond. 


'  Hardware  merchant.  New  Haven,  Conn. 
*  Was  graduated,  1863,  from  Dartmouth  College. 
18 


138 


DK8CENDANTS   OF   WILLIAM — SIXTH    OKNKRATION. 


On  the  niglit  of  the  3d  of  May,  at  12  midnight,  the  regiment 
broke  camp  and  started  upon  what  proved  to  be  the  longest  and 
most  obstinately  contested  campaign  of  the  war.  General  Grant 
had  recently  joined  the  armv  of  the  Potomac,  though  General 
Meade  remained  in  immediate  command.  At  sunrise,  on  the  4th 
of  May,  18G4,  the  army  forded  tlie  Bapidan,  and  at  2  p.m.  were 
fired  upon  by  the  scouts  and  pickets  of  the  enemy,  who  were  soon 
driven  back  to  "  Mine  Run."  'Jliis  ended  the  first  day  of  this 
campaign. 

On  the  following  day,  at  3  a.m.,  the  terrible  "Battle  of  the 
Wilderness  "  began,  and  during  the  carnages  of  that  fierce  conflict, 
he  was  in  the  hottest  of  the  fight,  while  his  comrades  were  falling 
around  him.  The  cavalry  were  often  dismounted,  and  obliged  to 
fight  on  foot,  like  the  infantry.  Near  "  Mine  Run  "  the  enemy 
cliarged  suddenly  and  in  foi'ce  upon  the  Union  army,  which  some- 
what disordered  and  scattered  the  Union  troops,  but  quickly  rally- 
ing, the  cavalry  were  dismounted,  and  went  into  the  fight  on  foot. 
During  this  engagement,  and  as  Private  Woodbury  was  kneeling 
behind  a  fence,  a  riflivball  struck  the  rail,  piercing  it  so  far  as  to 
be  partly  seen,  and  throwing  dust  and  small  splinters  into  his  face. 
He  partially  moved  to  oiu;  side  to  give  a  comrade  i)la(!e,  who,  in  a 
moment,  was  shot  in  the  left  temple,  and  fell  dead  at  liis  side.  On 
another  occasion,  standing  behind  a  small  tree  about  six  inches  in 
diameter,  a  rifle-ball  struck  it  breast  high,  when  he  hastily  sought 
a  safer  shelter.  About  2  p.m.  th(!  cavalry  nMuounted,  charging 
upon  the  enemy,  when  th(!y  fell  back.  Woodbury's  horse  was 
shot  under  him,  and  in  falling,  plimged  ht^adlong,  throwing  his 
rider  over  his  neck  into  the  bushes.  He  immediately  (extricated 
himself  from  his  perilous  condition,  and  made  his  way  to  one  of 
the  Union  batteries.  On  his  way,  he  stooped  t(j  drink  from  a  small 
]»r()()k,  when  a  shell,  falling  within  eight  feet  of  him,  quickened 
his  flight,  without  quencliing  his  thirst.  On  reaching  the  battery, 
which  was  just  moving  oif,  he  fortunately  mounted  another  hoi'se, 
whose  rider  had  been  killed,  and,  as  he  expressed  it,  "  Richard 
was  himself  again."  In  this  day's  fight,  the  division  to  which  he 
belonged  was  worsted.  At  9  p.m.  he  lay  down  upon  the  ground, 
behind  his  horse,  thankful  that  he  was  spai-ed  from  the  perils  of 
the  battle. 

In  the  morning  of  the  9th  of  May,  1864,  his  regiment  cut  loose 
from  the  main  army,  and  went  on  a  raid,  under  the  lead  of  Gen- 
eral Sheridan.     They  passed  Fredericksburg  about   10  a.m.,  and 


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130 


'7. 


Il'll- 
aiul 


without  halting  for  diTiner  or  supper,  camped  about  midnight,  and 
were  ofT  again  at  lialf-past  .'5  a.m.  On  the  10th,  th(\y  crossed 
the  Nortli  Anna,  and  cainpetl  near  tlio  Soutli  Anna.  Their  rations 
being  exhausted,  fioin  tliat  time  till  the  14th  they  subsisted  on 
bacon  and  corn,  either  raw  or  roasted. 

At  noon  on  the  11th,  they  reached  A^shland  Station,  and  spent 
the  day  mostly  in  destroying  the  Uichmond  &  Potomac  raili'oad, 
and,  towai'ds  evening,  they  encount<red  the  Rebel  cavalry  undcsr 
General  ,1.  E.  H.Stuart.  General  Gustev's  "  Michigan  Hrigade" 
was  fornnng  for  a  charge,  when  the  General  shouted  to  ( .olonel 
Chapman,  commanding  the  Second  Brigade,  that  he  wanted  the 
First  Vermont  Regiment  to  lead  the  charge.  The  enemy's  bat- 
tery was  partly  hidden  from  sight  by  a  narrow  strip  of  pine  woods. 

As  the  colunm  swept  around  the  wood,  the  Rebels,  not  relishing 
a  charge  led  by  Guster,  their  battery  was  discovered  dashing  cn'cr 
the  crest  of  a  hill,  leaving  a  few  of  their  guns  behind.  The  result 
of  the  battle  was  the  complete  rout  of  the  Rebels,  General  Stuart 
being  among  the  killed.  Soon  another  Rebel  battery  opened  up(m 
the  Union  troops.  They  were  at  once  answered  by  rifled  guns, 
but  their  cavalry  came  sweeping  down  upon  the  l^nion  raiMers, 
not  having  yet  fully  recovered  from  the  confusion  of  their  former 
charge. 

To  add  to  the  horrors  of  this  bloody  fight,  the  southwestern 
horizon  assumed  a  leaden  hue,  and  soon  the  dark  clouds  came 
rolling  one  upon  another,  imtil  the  whoh>  heavens  were  shrouded 
in  darkness.  The  dull,  murky  atmosphere  hung  like  a  funereal 
pall  overhead,  when  suddenly  the  vivid  lightnings  flashed  inces- 
santly, and  the  earth  seemed  to  tremble  beneath  the  terrific  peals 
of  thunder.  From  cloud  to  cloud  the  forked  lightning  flashed 
and  leaped,  and  the  reverberating  thunder  echoed  from  height  to 
height,  and  from  mountain  to  mountain,  until  the  storm  died  away 
in  the  distant  hills.  The  rain  fell  in  torrents,  while  in  the  thick 
darkness  of  the  tempest  the  flashes  of  the  rifles  were  dim,ly  seen 
but  for  a  moment,  and  the  booming  of  the  cannon  was  scarcely 
audible  amid  the  louder  roar  of  the  dread  artillery  of  heaven. 
The  storm  was  of  short  duration,  as  in  half  an  hour  not  a  cloud 
obscured  the  glories  of  the  setting  sun,  as  he  sank  from  beholding 
the  carnage  of  the  battle-field. 

At  4  A.M.,  June  1st,  the  Union  tiroops  left  camp  on  the  Pamua- 
key,  and  a  battalion  of  four  companies  rode  eight  miles,  to  the 
South  Anna,  and  burned  the  bridges  of  the  Richmond  &  Potomac 


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railroad,  and  also  thowe  of  the  \  irginiu  Central.  lieturning, 
(hey  found  tlu>  l)rif/;ado  was  gcttinu;  batily  used  up  by  a  strong 
fort'A!  of  infantry  ut  Asliland  Station.  Coloju^l  (^Iiapinan  at  onco 
sout  his  men  out,  disnioiintcd.  Tlicy  wore  getting  worsted,  when 
a  body  of  troops  were  seen  approaching  on  their  right  and  rear. 
Supposing  theni  to  lu'  Hcbels,  the  men  were  for  leaving  the  field, 
but  Colonel  Chapnuui  ordered  them  baek,  deelaring  the  coming 
troops  were  friends.  The  eniMiiy  in  front  charged,  l)iit  were  checked 
by  the  Union  troops,  who  were  "about  iiuiking  u  counter  clinrge, 
when  the  balls  from  the  advancing  troops,  on  their  right  and  rear, 
came  vvhi/zing  among  them.  Colonel  Cliapman  now  h(;aded  the 
retreat,  anti  the  men,  remounting  their  horses  in  haste,  fled  from 
the  scene.  Lieutenant  Stone,  ( /ompany  F,  with  a  large  part  of  his 
company,  were  taken  prisoiKTs. 

At  8  A.M.,  Jun((  2d,  the  raiilers  left  llimover,  and  at  half:past 
three  the  following  morning,  the  3d,  camped  about  five  miles 
from  Riclimond.  At  11  a.m.,  the  battle  opened  with  the  Rebel 
cavalry  and  infantry,  and  the  struggle  was  fierce  and  long. 
Captain  Cushman,  Company  E,  and  C'olonel  Preston  were  killed, 
and  their  deaths  cast  a  gloom  over  the  whole  regiment.  'I'his 
action  was  known  as  the  battle  of '•  11a we's  Shop."  Worn  with 
fatigue,  Private  Woodbury  slept  well  through  the  night  on  a  board, 
with  a  Poncho  ovier  him,  with  his  head  in  a  "  hard-tack  "  box,  to 
keep  off  the  rain. 

On  the  'Jlst  of  June,  1864,  he  wen!  upon  another  raid,  under 
(iiMieral  Wilson,  known  as  "  Wilson's  Raid,"  to  ilestroy  the  I'eters- 
burg  &  Lynchburg  railroad,  also  tlie  Richmond  &  Danville  road, 
with  its  iron  bridge  across  the  river  Staunton.  The  object  was 
partly  accomplished,  but  proved  well-nigh  fatal  to  the  troops 
engaged. 

At  noon  on  the  2'2d  of  June,  they  met  the  enemy,  and  from 
that  time  till  they  were  again  within  the  Cnion  picket  lines,  oi.  the 
1st  of  July,  they  were  completely  surrounded  by  the  Rebel  troops. 

At  Nottoway,  they  fought  the  enemy  in  strong  force  for  the 
possession  of  the  Petersburg  &  Lynchburg  railroad,  and  drove 
them  three-fourths  of  a  mile,  into  the  woods,  when  they  came  in 
sight  of  the  Rebel  battery  that  had  been  shelling  them.  Their 
ammunition  giving  out,  they  retreated,  with  the  Rebels  at  their 
heels. 

They  remained  in  possession  of  the  road  until  morning,  destroy- 
ing it,  effectually,  for  miles.     During  that  night,  Private  Wood- 


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hury,  sitting  on  the  ground,  slept  an  hour  or  two,  Imlding  tlio  n^ins 
ol'  his  horse's  Itridlc,  and  loaning  against  his  fore  legs.  In  this 
fight  ('otn))any  H]  again  lost  its  (Captain,  Hiram  H.  Hall. 

Karly  in  tlu-  altfrnoon  of  tlie  2Uh  ol'  June,  tlicy  cainc  upon  the 
Richmond  &  Danville  road,  which  they  followed  tlnrty  six  hours, 
destroying  it  to  the  iron  bridge  at  the  junction  of  the  Little  Roa- 
noke and  the  Htuunton  rivers.  Tlie  hridgt'  was  only  partially 
destroyed,  with  the  loss  of  LMK)  men.  The  attempt  was  almndoned, 
and  at  midnight,  the  raiders  began  their  homeward  march. 

Having  driven  the  TTnion  tnjops  from  the  briilge,  the  K(!bel8 
were  more  courageous  and  determined  in  their  assaults,  while  the 
raiders  were  cmnberful  with  numy  negroes  who  followed  iti  their 
train,  consisting  of  old  men,  women,  and  childi'eii.  (Jen.  Fitzhugh 
Lee,  with  a  body  of  cavalry,  hmsely  estimated  at  1 2,000,  endeav- 
ored to  cut  oil'  their  retreat,  and  from  3  v.  M.  on  the  IHith,  till!>  i'  M. 
on  the  27th  of  June,  they  were  harassed  by  the  Rebels,  constantly 
fighting  on  the  defensive,  so  that  their  progress  was  sh)W.  Just 
before  noon,  on  the  '28th  June,  the  LTnion  raiders  cro.ssed  the  Not- 
toway, and  at  night  they  were  attacked  by  the  Keliels.  The  1st 
Vt.  ('avalry,  and  other  troops:,  were  out  on  the  line.  Dismounting, 
they  drove  the  enemy  back  half  a  mile,  the  evening  being  so  dark 
that  the  enemy  could  not  be  seen.  Privates  Woodbury  and  Mc- 
Neil, his  messmate,  made  a  breast-work  of  two  rails,  and  lying  on 
their  faces,  directed  their  fire  by  the  flash  of  the  Rebel  gnns.  It 
was  a  terrible  storm  of  iron  and  lead,  and  NcNeil  was  badly 
wounded,  and  soon  after  died. 

About  3  A.  M.,  tlie  Union  troops  wei'e  ordered  back  to  their 
horses,  but  were  almost  immediately  ordered  back  again.  Scarcely 
had  they  reached  the  line  of  battle  when  there  was  a  lull  in  the 
firing,  but  it  soon  broke  out  again  with  redoubled  fury  all  along 
the  line,  while  a  body  of  cavalry  from  another  quarter  charged 
upon  the  horses  which  had  been  left  in  the  charge  of  a  few  soldiers, 
each  of  whom  rode  one,  holding  three  others  by  the  bridles,  as  was 
usual  when  the  cavalry  dismounted  and  fought  on  foot.  The  road 
was  crowded  with  wagons,  amlnilances,  led  horses,  loose  horses, 
and  contrabands,  and  the  Rebels  pressed  on,  confident  of  completely 
destroying  them.  In  this  pell-mell,  private  Woodbury  saw  his 
comrades  shot  down  on  all  sides  of  him.  Of  all  the  men  of  Co. 
"E,"  who  were  dismounted,  only  four  or  five  came  in;  the  rest 
were  captured,  and  among  them,  C'apt.  Chandler,  who  soon  made  his 
escape,  and  in  a  few  days  came  into  camp.     As  soon  as  the  com- 


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iiiHiul  coiilil  Ih>  (U)llfct('(l,  they  I'dl  liack  to  tlic  pliicc  I'roni  whence 
theystartod  tho  previous  oveiiiiig. 

At  noon  they  again  moved  to  the  scene  of  the  morning's  disas- 
ter upon  Stony  (^reek,  near  tlio  Weldon  Hailroad,  and  were  com- 
pletely hemmed  in  by  the  Rebels,  who  were  drawing  tluur  lines 
closer  alK)Ut  them,  in  this  dilemma,  they  burned  their  wagons, 
pitch(!d  the  artillery  into  tht!  creek,  and  lol't  tlu'  and)ulances  with 
the  wounded  in  charge  of  surgeons,  all  of  whom  that  day  became 
prisoners.  The  command  marched  and  fought,  cutting  their  way 
out  at  midnight,  when  they  rested  two  hours,  and  then  pushed  on 
again.  The  ne.xt  day,  tlie  1st  of  July,  fortunately  not  being  mo- 
lested, they  halted  at  Cabin  I'oiiit,  just  within  Ueneral  (irant's 
lines. 

At  evening  roll,  on  July  4th,  private  Woodbury  was  promoted 
fifth  Sergeant  of  ('o.  "E,"  1st  Vermont  Cavalry,  and  acting 
Orderly  Sei'geant.  While  lying  at  City  Point,  S(M'gennt  Woodbury 
narrowly  escaped  death  from  being  thrown  down  a  stee])  l)ank, 
heels  over  liead,  with  his  horse  tumbhng  after  him.  He  was  l)adly 
bruised  in  his  head  and  hands,  and  landed  in  the  mud  of  a  small 
creek.  No  serious  injury,  however,  resulted  from  this  mishap,  and 
early  in  August,  he,  with  the  army,  went  into  the  valley  of  the 
Shenandoah  with  Cc^neral  Slieridan. 

The  army  crossed  the  Blue  Ridge  at  Snicker's  Cap,  and  forded 
the  Shenandoah  on  the  Kith  of  August.  At  1  a.  m.,  Sept.  10th,  the 
command  broke  camp  for  Winchester.  During  the  day  the  1st 
Vermont  was  in  the  hottest  of  the  fight.  This  was  the  first  gen- 
eral engagement  since  Sheridan's  arrival  in  the  valley,  and  both  he 
and  Early  pushed  forward  every  available  man.  The  tide  of  bat- 
tle swayed  to  and  fro  till  night,  wlien  the  Union  forces  succeeded 
in  driving  the  enemy  through  and  beyond  the  town,  capturing  sev- 
eral tliousand  prisoners,  and  a  few  guns.  This  has  been  officially 
known  as  the  "  Battle  of  the  Opequan,"  to  distinguish  it  from  a 
fighter  engagement  at  Winchester  on  the  17th  of  August. 

Two  days  after  entering  Winchester,  Sept.  '20th,  the  cavalry  were 
off  scouting,  and  the  infantry  fought  and  won  tlie  battle  of  "  Fisli- 
er's  Hill."  On  the  22d  of  September,  1864.  the  third  division, 
under  Gen.  Wilson,  in  which  the  Ist  Vt.  belonged,  marched  from 
Winchester  towards  the  Shenandoah  at  1  a.  m.  Before  night  they 
were  in  fine  on  the  bank  of  the  river,  and  as  the  head  of  the  col- 
umn advanced  to  the  ford,  they  were  suddenly  attacked  by  the 
Rebels,  whose  bullets  flew  thick  and  fast  among  them.     Early  in 


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the  morninjf  tfio  division  charged  across  the  river,  and  advanced  to 
Front  Royal. 

On  the  'J7th,  tho  division  marclied  from  Staunton  to  Waynos- 
boro,  whon^  thoy  took  a  few  [)risoner8.  At  sundown,  thoncxt  day, 
they  were  driven  out  pell-mell,  and  spent  the  whole  night  retreat- 
ing under  Gen.  Wilson's  guidance,  and  at  7  a.  m.  on  tlie  morning 
of  the  '29th,  tliey  went  on  picket  at  liridgewater,  about  forty  miles 
from  the  scene  of  the  evening's  rout. 

On  the  30th  G(!n.  Wilson  was  relieved  of  his  command,  and 
Gen.  Custer  appointed  in  his  place. 

Having  driven  Early  across  the  mountains,  the  army  fell  back 
down  tlie  valley,  driving  horses,  mules,  cattle,  sheep,  and  hogs,  aiul 
destroying  everything  which  could  supply  the  enemy. 

Oct.  (Jth,  Co.  '>  E  "  was  sent  t>n  th(f  left  flank,  and  was  engaged 
in  destroying  the  property  of  the  Rebels,  during  wliich  raid  many 
exciting  incidents  occurred.  On  tlie  7th,  at  noon,  they  crossed  a 
small  stream  with  2,000  cattle  and  sheep,  when  they  were  attacked 
by  the  enemy,  under  General  Rosser.  After  some  skirmishing, 
the  heef  and  mutton  were  lost,  and  a  few  men.  On  the  following 
day,  C'o.  "  E  "  was  again  simt  out  to  burn  and  destroy  the  propeity 
of  tlie  Rebels.  On  the  9th,  the  enemy  occupied  Mount  Olive,  and 
one  of  their  shells  burst  near  Sergeant  Woodbury,  covering  him 
with  dirt. 

Gen.  Sheridan  had  been  called  to  Washington,  and  returned  to, 
and  spent  the  night  of  the  18th  of  October  at,  Winchester,  nearly 
twenty  miles  from  his  army.  Meantime,  Gen.  Early  having 
returned  into  the  valley,  favored  by  heavy  fogs,  surprised  the  army 
on  the  morning  of  the  19th,  at  3  o'clock.  He  captured  the  Union 
pickets,  and  sweeping  down  into  their  camps,  took  some  twenty- 
five  guns,  and  turned  them  upon  the  Union  troops,  driving  them 
down  the  valley.  At  this  critical  moment,  Shm-idaii  arrived,  and 
checking  and  re-forming  the  retreating  army,  charged  back  upon 
the  Rebels,  and  sent  them  Hying  up  the  valley  in  a  perfect  rout 
toward  Strasburg.  During  this  hot  pursuit  of  the  Rebel  army 
under  Gen.  Early,  Sergejuit  Woodbury  captured  the  battle-flag 
of  the  12th  N.  C.  Infantry. 

Two  days  afterward,  he,  with  fifteen  others  of  the  3d  division, 
who  hr.d  captured  flags  from  the  enemy,  reported  at  (ren.  Custer's 
headquarters,  and  thence  at  Gen.  Sheridan's.  The  next  day  they 
took  the  cars  for  Washington  to  present  their  trophies  to  the  war 
department.     Secretary  Stanton  received  them  cordially,  and  gave 


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to  each  twenty  (luyn'  I'lirlough,  transportntiuu  lu  uiid  i'ruiii  their 
homes,  ami  a  bronzo  iiuulal. 

Upon  ri'tuniing  to  the  n'giinont,  Nov.  18,  1804,  Sorgoant  Wood- 
bury recoi  veil  his  coniniiHsion  as  '2d  Lioutonant  of  Co.  "E,"aiid 
on  the  Dtli  February,  18(>r),  that  of  1st  LioiitcMiant  of  Co.  "  H." 

On  the  nioriiinfi;  of  tlu;  Ist  of  April,  18()H,  the  battle  opcaied 
early.  In  iho,  middle  of  the  afternoon.  Gen.  ('lUster  formed  liis 
division  under  the  constant  shelling  of  the  enemy.  He  had  his 
band  in  full  view,  playing  patriotic  airs.  The  charge  sounded,  and 
they  emerged  from  tlu;  wood,  under  a  heavy  fire.  A  lifh^  ball 
struck  and  disabled  Lieutenant  Woodbury's  horse,  l)ut  mounting 
another,  h(^,  with  some  lU'ty  otlnus,  cliargc^d  on  what  they  took  to 
be  a  small  squad  of  infantry,  when  th(*y  found  themselves  sur 
rounded  by  a  greatly  superior  force  of  tlio  enemy.  In  this  nirlee, 
Lieut.  Woodbury  was  captured,  but,  aft(M"  riding  a  few  rods,  he 
suddenly  put  spurs  to  his  horse,  and  dashed  forward,  hotly  pursued 
by  his  captors.  His  hor.se  was  shot  through  the  hea<l,  and  fell 
npon  Woodbury's  leg,  holding  him  fust.  The  Rebels,  doubtless 
thinking  both  horse  and  rider  were  dead,  passed  on.  He  extri- 
cated himself,  made  for  the  real",  mounted  another  horse,  and  rejoined 
his  command.  Late  at  night,  the  Union  troops  eiiciunped,  and  the 
battle  of  the  K'ive  Forks  hud  been  fought  and  wim. 

At  5  p.  M.  on  the  8th  of  April,  tlu;  enemy  were  met  at  Appoma- 
tox  Station.  While  halting  a  few  minutes,  a  ball,  two  inches  in 
diameter,  from  a  charge  of  canister,  struck  a  tree  a  few  feet  above 
his  head  and  fell  at  his  feet. 

The  'Ad  Division  was  massed  in  a  field  to  charge  upon  about  40 
pieces  of  artillery  a  short  distance  away,  covennl  ])y  a  piece;  of 
woods.  The  loth  N.  Y.,  Col.  Coppinger  commiuidiug,  had  the 
advance,  but  the  movement  not  being  made  m  the  si)irited  manner 
that  Gen.  Custer  wished,  he,  out  of  all  patience,  cried  out,  "  Let 
the  1st  Vermont  follow  me!"  and  himself  led  the  charge.  The 
whole  of  the  Rebel  artillery  ojiened  fire  u|»on  the  advancing  column, 
and  it  seemed  impossible  that  a  man  could  survive.  It  soon 
became  dark,  when  Lieut.  Woodbury  was  struck  by  a  fragment  of 
shell,  which  tore  off  a  part-of  his  right  hand,  crossed  his  breast, 
tore  open  his  jacket  and  shirt,  and  went  through  his  left  arm  near 
the  shoulder.  He  was  thi-own  from  his  horse  into  the  bushes.  He 
ran  ])a('k  to  an  old  shanty,  and  from  thence  was  taken  to  "^he  hos- 
pital, about  a  mile  distant,  where  his  wounus  were  dressed.  The 
whole  of  the  Rebel  guns  were  captured,  and  the  last  fight  of  the 


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rebellion  ended,  except  a  few  minutes'  skirnishinj?  the  next  morn- 

inff. 

At  about  10  A.  M.  the  next  day,  April  !tth,  (i<mi.  I itu' surrendered, 
and  on  the  2 1 st  June,  1865,  Lieut.  W«)()dhury,  with  his  regiment, 
WHS  nnistered  out  of  the  service  at  BiirliiiKtoii,  Vt.,  having;;  received 
his  "  cnrnniission  as  Captain  Ity  Brevet  for  ^'■allant  and  moritorioiis 
services  in  the  Held." 

During  his  stTvice  in  the  army,  Iroiii  Dec.  I  J,  ISfJ.'t,  till  the  sur- 
render of  lifie,  April  !•,  IHfi.'i,  he  was  in  'M)  skirmishes  and  battles, 
many  of  which  were  among  the  most  bloody  and  terrible  of  the 
war. 

His  excellent  charac'ter,  noble  conduct,  and  cool  courage  in  tti(> 
midst  of  danger  won  for  him  the  esteem  of  his  superior  oflicers 
and  comrades,  and  justly  entitle  him  to  the  lasting  gratitude  of  his 
country. 

Since  his  retirement  from  the  army  he  has  been  the  Head  Master 
of  the  Episcopal  Academy  of  Cheshire,  (^onn. 


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Oct.      H,  1829 
April  24,  183») 

Mch.    8,  1857 
Dec.   14,  1859 


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\  April  24,  1H.*)(!. 

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1333  liiliim  M..         July    6,  1868     Feb.     8.  1870 

1334  Elizalu-thT.,    April   6,  1871 


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John  WilHon 

McLean,M.D.,Oct.  4,  1837 
1335  H  arietta  Lavinia 

Gounian,       Mch.  34,  1844 

6  children. 
1330  John  Sterling,  Feb.  19,  18(i4 

1337  Charles  Jarvis,  July  26,  1865 

1338  Annie  Langdoii, Aug.  11,1 8»i6 

1339  Langtlon  Rice,  Nov.    5,  1867 

1340  Lillie  Uicc,       Mch.  23,  1870 

1341  Fred.  Ohappei,  May  16,  1873 


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146        descendants  of  william — seventh  generation. 

7th  Generation. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Mary  Shrievp 

Jarvia,  July  24,  1836 

1343  Wm.  J.  Gilbert. 

3  children. 

1343  Sarah  Hatch,    April   9,  1864 

1344  Robt.  .larvis,     May  10,  1866 

1345  Wm.  Jarvis,      Mch.  30,  1868 


Died. 


Married  or  Remiarlts. 


C.  E.  Leonard 

Jarvis,^          July  1 

7,  1840 

1346  Annie  McOhee. 

5  children. 

1347  Ernest  Leonard, 

1868 

In  infancy 

1348  Isabel  Helen, 

1869 

1349  Florence  Annie, 

1873 

1350  Ethel  Hazen, 

1874 

1351  A  son. 

1876 

Ellen  Ciiroline 
Jarvis,  McU.  12,  1842 

1352  Chas.  Mesham.^ 

2  children. 

1353  Chas.  Edward. 

1354  Marg't  Barrett. 

sor. 


Agnes  McGhee,  June, 

1845 

1355  Wm.  Harrison. 

5  children. 

1356  Murray, 

1866 

1867 

1357  Herbert  Gray,  Nov.    7, 

1867 

1358  Agnes  Eliza 

liiirns,            Dec.     5, 

1869 

1359  L<H)n'd  Jarvis,  Sept.  12, 

1871 

1360  Frank  McGhee,  Aug.  15, 

1874 

1876 

'  C.  E.  Leonard  Jarvis  resides  in  St.  John,  "New   Brunswick,  and   is 
Agent  of  the  Queen's  Fire  Insurance  Company. 
•  Charles  Mesham  served  in  Canada  with  his  regimenl,  II.  M.  62d  Fool. 


DESORNDANTS    OF    WILLIAM— -HEVENTH    GENERATION.  147 


8ie. 


No,  Name.  Bom. 

K(u-b't  Murray 

Jarvls,  Miiv  18,  1848 

1361  Allie  Yielding. 

3  children. 
1868  Elma  Muriel 

Mun-ay,         Dto.     1,  1876 
laea  Mildred  Blen- 

nerhassett,     Nov.  11,  1878 


Diea. 


Married  or  Remarks. 
Dec.  22,  1875. 


Hept.  27,  1829 


Koh't  Morris 
Hazen, ' 

1364  Mary  V*'oodhou.sc'  Grant 

5  children. 

1365  Rob'l  Morris 

Robinson,-     Feb.   19,  1855 

1366  Sophia Frances.Dec.  12,  land 

1367  Maria  Arburthnot,  1859 

1368  Lilian,  Aug.  30,  1861 

1369  Ethel." 


May     6.  1863    April  0,  1854. 


1858 


Born  at  Walmor,  Kent . 
Born  at  Wiiichesltr. 
Born  in  India. 


4^ 


SSS. 


Wm.  Hazen,''    July    4,  1831 

1370  Annette  Swyninitn-, 

2  children. 

1371  William,  May  24,  1857 

1372  Cecilia  Eliz'th,  Oct.    24,  1858 

2d  wife. 

1373  Eliz'th  Bartlett, 

4  children. 

1374  Robert  Parker,  Dec. .        1865 

1375  Harriett  Su.san,  May,       1867 

1376  Arth.  Prissick.Sept.  26,  1868 

1377  An  infant,  I870 


Mch.  23,  1860 
1857 


March  9,  1865. 


'Robert  Morris  Ilazen  was  a  Captain  in  H.  M.  60th  or  King's  Royal 
R.He  Corps,  formerly  conunanded  by  his  grandfather.  Col.  Hazen  He 
died  at  Burniah,  in  India. 

■  Born  at  St.  John,  N.  B. ;  died  at  Winchester,  England 

■^  Born  at  sea  on  board  the  "Golden  Fleece,"  off  St.  Vincent 

'  William  Hazen  is  a  Civil  Engineer,  and  resides  in  St   John   N    B 


1 


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146  DESCENDANTS   OF   WILLIAM — SEVENTH    GENERATION. 


7th  Generation. 


No 


Bom. 


Died. 


Name. 
Mary  Shrieve 
Jarvis,  July  24,  1836 

1343  Wm.  J.  Gilbert. 
3  children. 

1343  Sarah  Hatch,    April   9,  18«4 

1344  Robt.  Jarvis,     May  10,  1866 

1345  Wm.  Jarvis,      Mch.  30,  1868 

C.  E.  Leonard 
Jarvis,!         July  17,  1840 

1346  Annie  McGhee. 

5  children. 

1347  Ernest  Leonard,  1868      in  infancy. 

1348  Isabel  Helen,  1869 

1349  Florence  Annie,  1872 

1350  Ethel  Hazen,  1874 

1351  A  son.  1876 


T03. 

Ellen  Caroline 
Jarvis,  McU-  12,  1842 

1352  Chas.  Mesham.'^ 

2  children. 

1353  Chas.  Edward. 

1354  Marg't  Barrett. 

sor. 

Agnes  McGhee,  June,      1845 

1355  Wm.  Harrison. 

5  children. 

1356  Murray, 

1357  Herbert  Gray,  Nov.    7,  1867 

1358  Agnes  Eliza 

Burns,  Dec.     5, 

1359  Leon'd  Jarvis,  Sept.  12,  1871 

1360  Frank  McGhee.Aug.  15,  1874 


Married  or  Remarks. 


1866 


1869 


1867 


1875 


<  C.  E.  Leonard  Jarvis  resides  in  St.  John,  New  Brunswick,  and  is 
Agent  of  the  Queen's  Fire  Insurance  Company. 
''  Charles  Mesham  served  in  Canada  with  his  regiment,  H.  M.  62d  Foot. 


-^    -.I 


DESORNDANTS   OP    WrUJAM— SEVENTH    GENERATION.  147 


sie. 


No.  Name.  Bom. 

Herb't  MuiTay 
JarvLs,  May  18,  1848 

1361  Allie  Yielding. 

2  children. 

1362  Elma  Muriel 

Murray,         Dee.     1,  1876 

1363  Mildred  Blen- 

nerbassett,     Nov.  11,  1878 


Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

Dec.  22,  1875. 


Rob't  Morris 
Hazeu.i  Sept.  27,  1829 

1364  Mary  Woodliou.sc  Grant. 

5  children, 

1365  Roh't  Morri.s 

Robinson,-'    Feb.  19,  1855 

1366  Sophia Franees.Dec.  12,  1856 

1367  Maria  Arburthnot,  1859 

1368  Lilian,  Aug.  30,  1861 

1369  Ethel. 3 


May     6,  1863    April  (i,  1854. 


1858 


Born  at  Walmer,  Kent . 
Born  at  Winchester. 
Born  in  India. 


Wm.Hazen,''     July    4,  1831 

1370  Annette  Swymmer, 

2  children. 

1371  William,  May  24,  1857 

1372  Cecilia  Eliz'th,  Oct.   24,  1858 

2d  wife. 

1373  Eliz'th  Bartlett, 

4  children. 

1374  Robert  Parker,  Dec. ,        1 865 

1375  Harriett  Susan,  May,       1867 

1376  Arth.  Prissick.Sept.  26,  1868 

1377  An  infant,  I870 


Mch.  23,  1860 


1857 


March  9,  186.1 


•  Robert  Morris  Ifnzen  was  a  Captain  in  H.  M.  60th  or  King's  Royal 
R.«e  Corps,  formerly  couunanded  by  his  grandfather,  Ccl  Haxen  ll 
died  at  Burmah,  in  India. 

■Born  at  St.  John,  N.  B. :  died  at  Winchester,  England 
Born  at  sea  on  board  the  "Golden  Fleece,"  oflf  St    Vincent 

*  Wdham  Hazeu  is  a  Civil  Engineer,  and  resides  in  St.  John   N    B 


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148 


DE8UKNDANT8   OF   WIIJJAM SEVENTH    GENERATION. 


Died. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Bu.siin  llazoii,    Aug.  11.  1830 

1378  TI10.S.  Butterwortli  Prissirk.' 

5  chlldroii. 

1379  Chas.  Duulop,  Aug.  28,  1803 

1380  Francos IIiizon.ApriilS.  ISm 

1381  Marg.Joluuina,  Feb.  13,  1807 

1382  Tlios.  lla/.cn,    Sept.  25,  1808 

1383  Robert  Morris 

ilazeii,  Nov.    5.  1809 

Marg't  Ilazon,  Mc-b.  18.  1843 

1384  Artli.  C.  Haii.sanl.- 

3  (tbildreii. 

1385  Ri(  li'd  Ma.ssoy.Sept.  10,  1807 
1380  Jobn  St.Leger.Sf'iit.  29,  1868 
1387  Hugh  Hazoi),    Oct.     0.  1809 


Morrled  or  T   innrkf>. 
Oct.  8,  1861. 


B.  at  Pembroke  Dock, 

Soutb  Wales. 
B.  at  Pembroke  Dock, 

South  Wales. 
Born  at  Montreal. 
Born  at  Quebec. 

Born  at  Quebec. 


Oct.  25,  1860. 


B.  at  ( 'olombo,Ce3'lon. 
B.  atColonibo.Ceylou. 
B.  at  Colombo, Ceylon. 


I 


CJlarence  Free- 
man, May  20,  1846 


1388  Harriett  Ellen  Carter. 

2  children. 

1389  George,  Sept., 

1390  Lottie  Maude. 


1872 


S&tl. 


E.A.McCorniick,  Jan.O,  1838 

1391  Martin  Dunsford. 

2  children. 

1392  William. 

1393  Augusta. 


so-y. 


William  Jarvis 
McCormick,  Sept.  12,  1839 

1394  Marg't  F.  Mc 

Lellan,  July  13,  1843 

2  children. 

1395  Mary  Sterns,     Jan.   31,  1869 

1396  Paul  Jarvis,      April  12,  1871 


Dec.  25,  1871. 


Sept.  17,  1850. 


Dec.  26,  1867. 


In  California. 


'  Thomas  Butterworth  Prissick  is  a  Commissary  (with  the  rank  of 
Major)  in  the  Commissariat  and  Transport  Department  of  tlie  British 
Army. 

'  Arthur  Clifton  Hansard  is  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Royal  Artillery. 


nKSOKNDANTS   OF    WIIJJAM— SKVENTH    GENERATION.  l49 


SOS. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Esther  Mary 
McCorinick,  Sci)t.  24,  1841 

1397  Geo.  Denni.son. 

2  children. 

1398  Wm.  Claud,      June    1,  1871 

1399  Ada  Maria,       Aug.  21.  1874 


Married  or  Remarks. 
June  21,  1870. 


SO». 

M.  F.  L.  Mccor- 
mick, Feb.  17,  1844 

1400  Geo.  Alex.  Stewart. 

3  children. 

1401  Frances  Mary 

Alexandria,  April  19,  1868 
140?  Fred.  William,  Jan.     3,  1870 

1403  Grace  Croft,     Oct.   18,  1875 

M.  K.  Bernard. 

1404  Capt.  C.  McMurdoc. 

3  children. 

1405  Aston  Edward,  June  15,  1873 

1406  Kathleen,  Mcli.  16,  1876 

1407  A.  Keith,  Fel).  17,  1878 

W.  A.  H.  Duff,  April  17,  1846 

1408  Barbara  Alu.ira  Brown. 

4  children. 

1409  Almira  Helen,  July  28,  1872 

1410  Jesse  Owen,      J.-in.   21,  1874 

1411  Cath.  Hamilton,  .Fan.  8,  1876 

1412  William  Alex., April 20,  1877 


June  25,  1867. 


;tl 


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'I  IP  I 

j     i 


ose. 

Caroline  M. 
Taber,  July    s,  1840 

1413  Walter  G. 

Duckett,        Sept.  20,  1841 
3  children. 

1414  Willard  Sey- 

mour, July  20,  1868 

1415  Fred'k  Walter,  Dec.    7,  1872    Aug.  10,  1874 

1416  Alva  Jarvis,     Dec.  29,  1874 


Sept.  20,  1866. 


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160  DESCENDANTS    OS"   WILLIAM— SEVENTH    OENERATION. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Mary  B.Taber,  Feb.  14,  1850 

1417  Wm.H.Hayard.Dec.  m.  1841 

1  diild. 

1418  E\igeiie  Jaivis,  Df^c.    2,  1872 


Died. 


Married  or  Remarks. 
Feb.  28,  1872. 


lOSSO. 


ChavlesJarvis.Dec.  12,  1835 

1419  Julia E.Sayles,  Dec.     8,  1833 

2  children. 

1420  (}raceLatbrop,Feb.  24,  18«2 

1421  Blanche  K.,      Feb.  20.1873 

1  <>«5  1 . 

Howlaud  B. 
Jurvis.  May  27,  1837 

1422  Laura  Frances 

Hughey,  June  11,  1839    May    31.  187r. 
2  children. 

1423  Walter  Bourn,  Aug.  10.  1803 

1424  Rob  rt  Jones,  July    8,  1807 

1  o««. 

Henry  (^ay 
Jarvis,  Oct.    19,  1841 

1425  SameldaF. 

Haldemau,    Sept.  25,  1845 
4  children. 

1426  L.  H.  Jarvis,    April 30,  1870    July   18,  1870 

1427  Maud  Marin,     Aug.    3,  1871     Oct.    15,  1871 

1428  Harry  Newton, Nov.  10,  1875    Jan.    15,  1876 

1429  Arthur  Clay,    Jau.     7,  1877 

Louise  Jeannette 
Jarvis,  Jan.   10,  1837 

1430  Louis  P.  Fay. 

2  children. 
1481  Louie  Jarvis,    May  31,  1865 
1432  Estelle  Louise.  Sept.  16.  1874  , 


June  17,  18H0. 


Mav,  1861. 


July  8.  1869. 


Oct.  29,  1860. 


Howard  Jarvis, 
1433  Ida  Shannon. 
3  children. 


1040. 

1843 


Sept.,  1862. 


No  Name 

1484  John, 
1435  Rachel, 
1486  David, 


DESCENI>ANTB   OF    WILLIAM— SEVENTH    GENERATION.  1.51 

Died,  Married  or  Remarks. 


Born. 

June,       1863 

1864 

1870 


1  040. 

Clara  M.  Sears,  Feb.  4,  1836 
1487  John  Canfleld. 
5  children. 

1438  Edwin,              Mch.,  1854 

1439  Charles,  1357 

1440  Carrie,  ig^i 

1441  Wilfred,  1864 

1442  Canfield,  i87i 

lOSl. 

Mary  A.  Sears,  Jan.  35,  1841 

1443  Hiram  Black- 

man. 

2  children. 

1444  Jennie,  iggg 

1445  Charles,  i869 


1 OS3. 


Helen  Jackson,  Dec.  31,  1841 

1446  Harra:i.n  Pair- 

child. 

4  (hill Iron. 

1447  John,  July    8,  1869 

1448  Henry,  Peb.   13,  1871 

1449  Marsh,  Aug.  17,  1872 

1450  Albert,  Sept.  17,  1874 

1451  Julia. 


I  OS4. 


Julia  Jackson,    Nov.  27,  1843 

1452  Martin  L   ilun- 

gcrford. 
3  children. 

1453  Robert, 

1454  Edwin, 

1455  Arthur, 


John  Calvin 
Jackson, 
4  children, 


Nov.  7,  1866 
Feb.  22,  1869 
June  20,  1872 

Sept.  30,  1846 


1853. 


Sept.  19.  1858. 


Mch.  28,  1868. 


Dec.  8,  1864 


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162  D'f.SOENDANTS   DF    WILLIAM — SEVENTH    GENERATION. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Romarke. 

1456  Nelson,  Aug.    3.  1871 

1457  Raymond,  Oct.    20.1872 

1458  Mary  Landou.  1875 

1459  Jane  Jarvis,  1877 

10«1. 

C.  Willis  Jarvis,  Oct.   29,  1845  July  14,  1866. 

1460  Harriet  A.  Wil- 

bur, Jan.     4,  1846 

3  children. 

1461  Annie,  June  15,  1867 

1462  Lucy  Josephine.Nov.    4,1870 

1463  Lucretia,  Apr.     5,  1874 

1  ISO. 

Robert  Craigie 
Hamilton,  1      July    6.1852  April  28,  1875. 

1464  Charlotte  Lewis. 

2  children. 

1470  Ethel  Maud.        Apr.     7,  1876 

1471  Eva  May.  Sept.    7,  1877 

Geo.  Tyng,         May  12,  1842 

1472  Elena  Anita  Car- 

illo  Thompson,  1844  .    / 

3  children. 

1473  Charles,  May   18,  1870 

1474  George,  Jan.    13,  1872 

1475  Dudley  Atkins,  Dec.  16,  1875    May  26,  1876 

1476  Dudley  Atkins  2d,  May,    1878    Aug.        1878 

1»1  1.  . 

Marv  Placettc 
Ma'rvin,  xVug.  27,  1850  Apr.  27,  1871. 

1477  JamesMontgom- 

ery  Coburn,Jr.  Jan.    30,  1877 

2  children. 

1478  Robert  Hewitt,  Feb.  11,1872 

1479  Lamont  Din- 

woodie,  Sept.    1,  1874 


July  15,  1869.    Living 
in  Arizona. 


1  Married  at  St.  Alban's  Church,  Ottawa.  The  wedding  was  attended 
by  their  Excellencies  the  Earl  and  Countess  of  Dufferin.  Charlotte  Lewis 
is  eldest  daughter  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  J.  Travers  Lewis,  Bishop  of  Ontario. 


DKSCKNDANTS   OF   WFIXtAM— 8KVKNTH    QKNKKATIOM.  IT,;} 

No.         Name. 


131 «. 

Bom.  Died. 

Julia  J.  Miirvin,.Jiily  30,  la'iS 

1480  Edward  Jouner 

Swords. 
2  cliildron. 

1481  Edward  Jouuer,  Oct.   18,  1873 

1482  Win.  V'oorhcfH,  [)ct'.  20,  1P74 


Married  or  Ri'iimrks. 
Sept.  11,  1872. 


20 


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5=9 


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DESCENDANTS  OF  THOMAS  JARVIS. 

At  the  commoiicotnent  of  tlio  present  enterprise,  we  met  with 
the  fact  that  several  faniihes  kiuiW  but  little  about  their  early 
ancestors.  Very  many  expressed  a  desire  to  know  more,  and 
to  offer  their  aid  to  furnish  such  information  as  was  in  their  power. 

Tlie  late  Hon.  Kent  Jarvis  had  succeeded  in  collecting  quite  a 
full  r(!('ord  of  his  family,  but  had  not  l>een  able  to  trace  it  back 
beyond  William  Jarvis,  who  was  born  in  1727,  and  who  died  at 
Brainard's  Bridge,  Rensselaer  CJounty,  New  York,  in  177'2. 

This  William  Jarvis  was  an  officer  in  the  French  war.  He  had 
a  son  Kent,  who  was  a  major  in  the  Revolution,  and  who  was 
killed  by  t*ie  Indians,  near  Saratoga.  Great  efforts  have  been 
made,  but  in  vain,  to  learn  more  of  the  active  lives  of  these  j)romi- 
nent  and  patriotic  men. 

As  we  said  before,  neither  Mr.  Kent  Jarvis  nor  any  of  his  family 
have  been  able  to  trace  their  branch  back  any  further  than  we  have 
mentioned,  but  many  of  them  tell  us  they  have  heard  "old  people," 
their  "grandparents"  and  "ancestors,"  say  that  they  came  from 
different  towns  in  Connecticut,  nairnng  Stamford,  Norwalk,  Dan- 
bury,  Poundridge,  etc.  Some  of  them  went  farther,  claiming  that 
they  were  related  to  the  late  Bishop  Jarvis  of  Connecticut. 

Another  tradition  that  Mr.  Kent  Jarvis,  and  many  others  referred 
to,  is,  that  William  Jarvis,  the  officer  in  the  French  war,  had  a 
brother  Benjamin,  who  was  a  loyalist,  and  in  consequence,  was 
obliged  to  leave  the  country,  and  go  to  Nova  Scotia.  Mr.  Kent 
Jarvis,  under  date  of  January  18,  1875,  writes:  "I  well  remember 
a  tradition  in  our  family  from  my  earliest  childhood  (I  am  nearly 
74  years  old),  that  my  grandfather  was  a  cousin  of  Bishop  Jarvis 
of  Connecticut,  also,  that  a  great  uncle,  Benjamin  Jarvis,  a  brother 
of  my  grandfather,  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  espoused  the 
cause  of  the  King,  and  removed  from  New  England  to  Nova 
Scotia,  where,  it  was  said,  he  died  several  years  after,  leaving  a 
large  estate,  and  never  married." 

Again,  on  the  17th  of  December,  1876,  he  writes:  "In  looking 
over  an  old  English  prayer-book,  which  was  my  grandfather's,  on 
one  of  the  blank  leaves  I  find  in  my  father's  handwriting,  that  he 
was  born  in  Poundridge,  Feb.  15,  1768,  and  that  he  began  to  work 


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with  Mr.  Eli  Hristol,  Jan.  13,  1775,  in  thti  17th  year  of  hJH  ago." 
roiuulridge  is  near  the  Connoctic.nt  hne,  in  Westchester  Co.,  ten 
or  fifteen  miles  north  of  Norwalk. 

The  late  Rev.  Asahel  H.  Jervis  wrote  to  Hon.  Kent  Jarvis,  his 
eonsin,  under  date  of  March  23,  1876  (he  died  Dec.  16,  1877, 
aged  84  years):  "  T  think  you  are  correct  in  regard  to  the  commis- 
sion of  uncle  Kent,  and  his  being  killed  by  the  Indians.  The 
commission  of  my  grandfather  Wi'lliom  was  among  my  papers, 
and  was  highly  prized  by  me  on  accoimt  of  its  being  a  parchment. 
I  well  remember  the  strong  remarks  vvliich  were  ma(h>  by  gentle- 
men of  distinction,  when  they  examined  it.  It  was  among  papers 
which  my  sister,  Polly  Williams,  took,  after  she  was  mariied  to 
Capt.  Hilly  "Williams.  I  doubt  not  but  it  is  still  in  existence,  but  is 
loO  miles  from  hero.  One  thing  more  1  will  mention  before  T  close. 
Uncle  Benjamin,  the  old  Tory,  is  the  man,  with  others,  to  whom 
General  Washington  said  in  his  sympathy:  '  Gcnthmen,  I  wish  you 
all  well.  1  wish  you  may  all  go  to  f leaven,  hut  you  must  all  go  there 
hy  the  way  of  Nova  Scotia.^  i  Now,  he  is  dead,  and  I  have  written 
to  inquire  as  to  his  property,  said  to  be  '  worth  aguii.iia  an  hour.' 
He  was  never  married.     We  are  his  legal  heirs." 

Some  of  the  family  have  written  us  that  they  liave  seen  letters 
from  this  Benjamin,  the  "  rich  old  bachelor,"  as  he  was  called,  in 
which  he  desired  some  of  his  young  relatives  to  come  and  Hve  with 
him  in  Nova  8cotia,  so  as  to  inherit  his  property.  The  reply  in 
on«!  instance  was,  "  My  father  used  to  say  he  did  not  want  the 
money,  as  uncle  Ben  was  a  Tory." 

We  make  the  following  extract  from  a  letter  written  by  Mrs. 
Electa  Jarvis  Scarrett  (now  in  her  ninety-first  year),  dated  Decem- 
ber 10,  1878: 

"  M^  grandfather's  brother,  Benjamin  Jai'vis,  in  the  early  part 
of  the  revolutionary  struggle,  took  advantage  of  the  offer  of  the 
English  Government  to  give  a  large  tract  of  land  to  any  one  who 
would  adhere  to  the  crown,  and  emigrated  to  Nova  Scotia,  where 
he  amassed   a  large  fortune.     He  lived  to  be  very  aged,  and,  I 

*  After  the  evacuation  of  the  British  troops,  under  the  command  of  Sir 
Guj' Carleton,  on  the  25th  Nov.,  1783,  great  numbers  of  loyalists  were 
waiting  for  trausports  to  convey  them  to  Nova  Scotia.  It  is  supposed  that 
a  number  of  them  called  upon  Gen.  Washington  after  his  entrance  into 
New  York,  and  solicited  his  iufluence  to  let  them  remain,  when  they 
received  the  above  characteristic  answer. — See  Lossing,  p.  633,  Vol.  2, 
"Loyalists." 


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158 


DIMBNDANTH   of   TIIOMAH. 


think,    adopted   a  distant  coiiiK'ction   of    thr   .larviH   family,    wiio 
luHianic  liiH  heir.      He  had  none  of  liin  own. 

"My  fatln^r,  Doctor  JoHoph  .Jarviw,  was,  I  think,  a  nativo  of 
Panbury,  (Jonnecticut.  Ho  studied  inodicint'  in  liancshoroujjfh. 
Horkwliin^  Co.,  Mass.  He  ?ervod  as  Hur^eon  in  tho  American 
Revohitionary  War  over  threo  years,  after  which  he  retiirne<l  to 
Laiiesb')rough,  and  practiced  iiis  profession  there  until  November. 
1805,  when  ho  removed  to  New  Haltimoro,  on  th(^  banks  of  the 
Hudson  river,  wliere  lie  closed  his  useful  and  honorable  life,  aged 
fifty-four.  I  have  only  to  say  of  my  father,  he  was  a  man  I  wos 
proud  to  call  father.  My  dear  parents  had  fourteen  children.  Of 
that  large  family,  I  am  the  only  one  left  in  this  world  of  tears. 

"1  have  written  this  poor  letter  with  my  own  hand,  without 
glasses." 

On  the  records  of  the  Court  of  Probate  of  Fairfield,  October  3. 
1707,  we  find  that  nenjnmin  Jarvis  of  Norwalk,  was  administrator 
(»f  the  estate  of  William  .larvis,  late  of  Norwalk.  .Mso  on  th(^ 
records  of  the  same  court,  July  'H),  llU'y,  that  Jonathan  Knight 
was  appointed  administrator  on  tlu;  estate  of  William  Jarvis,  late 
of  Norwalk, 

Of  Benjamin  Jarvis  we  find  that,  on  November  It,  17*iO,  he  was 
witness  to  a  deed;  also  deeds  of  land  to  him,  dated  y\[)ril  21,  1764, 
February  10,  177.');  and  niortgage  from  him,  April  Hi,  1776;  and 
October  30,  1783,  a  deed  which  st{;,tes  that  tin;  said  Benjamin  Jar- 
vis had  joined  tho  enemies  of  the  United  States,  and  that  by  order 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  all  his  prop- 
erty was  confiscated  and  sold.     (See  Appendix  P.) 

On  the  records  at  Norwalk,  we  find  a  deed  to  William  Jarvis  of 
Huntington,  Island  of  Nassau,  County  of  Sulfolk,  dated  October  18, 
1714,  and  others  in  1743  and  174C>.  In  1751,  he  is  described  as 
of  Norwalk.  In  April  2,  1750,  we  find  on  a  deed  to  John  Sanders 
the  names  of  William  Jarvis  and  William  Jarvis,  Jr.,  as  witnesses, 
and  on  other  deeds  down  to  and  including  the  year  1760,  but  not 
afterwards. 

Leaving  the  above  traditions,  we  now  turn  back  to  some  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Huntington,  L.  I.  H(!i'e  we  find,  in  1679,  many 
real  estate  records  in  the  names  of  William  Jarvis,  Thomas  Jarvis, 
and  Jonathan  Jarvis,  supposed  to  have  been  brothers,  and  who  may 
have  been  brothers  of  the  Jarvises  among  the  early  settlers  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  we  have  found  none  but  traditional  evidence  of  it. 

Of  the  above  three  brothers,  William  is  established  by  his  will 


KKKCKNDANTS   OK    TIIOMAM — TIIIUli    (IKNKKATION. 


ir>i 


a8  tho  proffonitor  of  n  portion  of  fho  (^onin'ctK  ut  hranrli.  .lotin- 
tliaii  huH  Ix't'ii  claiiiKMl  hy  Captain  I'.  ('.  .Farvirt,  and  otlicns  of 
lliinliii|L;ton,  L.  I.,  as  thu  anceHtor  uf  tho  tiuinorouH  faniilica  now 
livinj^  in  tliat.  town. 

Tliis  U'av(^s  TlionuiH  without  any  diHcovorod  (h'sc(>ndantHon  Long 
Inland,  and  it  iw  ht>liev»'(i  that  lie  rcniovod  from  th(>ro  to  Connecti- 
cut, wlierc  he  sctth'd,  and  lu'canic  lh«'  progenitor  of  that  l»ranch 
of  the  family  whose  traditions  ahuve  mentioned  point  to  Norwalk 
and  vicinity  as  their  placo  of  origin. 

Wo  have  colK^cted  all  the  information  we  could  o))tain  about  tliis 
ThoinaH  Jarvis,  and  those  believed  to  b(>  Iuh  immediati!  deHcendaiitH, 
and  j)resent  it  to  our  readers,  in  tabular  form,  as  th(>  best  r(>sult 
at  which  we  have  been  able  to  arrive. 


No.  Name. 

148;{  Thomas  .larvis, 

Child. 
1484  Thomas.  .Ir.. 


DESCKNOANTH  OF  THOMAS 

IhT  (tKNRUATION. 
Horn.  Died. 


1(1(10 


17«3 


Mnrrluil  or  K<'«Hrk». 
Sc(!  Apjicntti    >D,  N. 


2n  Gknkh.^tion. 
1 4JS»^I . 


No,  Name.  Born. 

Thos.  Jarvis,.Ir..  10(t!t 

1485  Holda. 

2d  wife. 
148«  Abigail  Smilii, 

Child. 
1487  William,  Mch.  30,  1737    June  15,  1772 


Piod.  Mnrriofl  or  UcmHrks. 

17153    Dates  ou  lojnb  sloni'. 


June  14,  173G. 


;! 


>    "i 


3d  Geneuation. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Ucmiirlvt*. 

William  Jarvis.iMt^i.  39.  1727  June  15,  1772 

1488  Mary  Wriglit,     Mch.  11.  17;{0  Dec.  23,  1804     I).  atFlyCreek,  N.  Y. 
11  children. 

1  Died  at  Brainard's  Bridge,  Columbia  Co.,  New  York;  was  an  offlcer 
in  the  French  War ;  by  trade  a  weaver. 


I 


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158 


No.           Name. 

148'J  Joseph, 

Um  Bill, 

1401  Elijah, 

141)2  Kent.  1 

141)3  Elizabeth, 

1494  IMary, 

1495  Chloe, 

1490  Asahel, 

1497  Asahel  2d, 

1498  Chloe  2d, 

DESCENDANTS    OF    THOMAS FOt  RTH    OKNKHATION. 


Born.  Died.  Married  or  Ucnrnrkc. 

May   14,  IT^S     Oct.    17,  180(i    Jan.    12,  178:5. 
Dec.  30,  1753    Feb.  14,  1830    Aug.  30,  1780. 

Died  at  the  age  of  18. 


Nov.  10,  1760 

May   12,  1702    Feb., 


1499  Sally, 


Jan.    29,  1783. 
1835    June  15,  1780. 
Died  young. 
Died  young. 
Feb.  15,  1708     Sept.  10,  1823    Mar.  18,  1790. 
Aug.  15,  1770    About      1840    Feb.  19,    1790, 

Miles. 
Aug.  19.  1772     Dec.  10,  1831     Feb.  14,  1793. 


John 


4th  CJknekation. 


H 


14  SO. 

No.           Name. 

IJorn 

Died 

Married  or  Remarl<H. 

Joseph  Jarvis, 

M.I).,  a 

May 

14, 

1752 

Oct.    17, 

1800 

Jan.  12,  1783. 

1500  Abigail  Church,  Jan. 

25, 

1703 

14  children. 

1501  Tully  Church 

Oct. 

1783 

Physician  and  Surgn. 

1502  Horace, 

Mch. 

8, 

1785 

Mch.  14, 

1808 

Julianna  Belts.   I),  at 
Albany,  N.  Y. 

1503  Electa, 

Oct. 

3, 

178(i 

May     7, 

1787 

D.al  Lanesboro,  JIass. 

1504  Electa  2d, 

Feb. 

2, 

1788 

Sept.  19,  1813. 

1505  Owen, 

Sept. 

13, 

1789 

June  23. 

1808 

I),  at  Lanesboro,  Mass. 

1500  Alvah, 

Dec. 

22, 

1790 

Feb.  22, 

1H72 

Sept.  22,  1813. 

1507  Harriet, 

Sept. 

33, 

1792 

Nov.  15, 

1853 

Oct.     9,  1817. 

1508  Ilaller, 

May 

30, 

1794 

June  24, 

1794 

1509  Adolphus, 

Apr. 

18, 

1795 

Aug.    5, 

1874 

Feb.  27,  1822. 

1510  I'anthea, 

Jan. 

30, 

1797 

Sept.    7, 

1801 

D.at  Lauesboro,Mass. 

1511  Cxui^tavus, 

Dec. 

30, 

1798 

Jan..  37, 

1804 

1 

1512  Sophia, 

I  Aug. 

4, 

1801 

M(^h.  24, 

1872 

June  3,  1823. 

<  Twins. 

1513  Sophronia, 

(  Aug. 

4, 

1801 

1875 

1514  Gustavua  2d, 

Apr. 

13, 

1804 

Apr.  13, 

1804 

'  An  otticer  in  the  Continental  army;  was  massacred,  near  Saratoga,  l)y 
Indians,  in  the  War  of  the  Kcvolution.  ' 

-Joseph  Jarvis  was  a  physician  and  surgeon;  marrieil  at  Danbury, 
Conn. ;  died  in  New  Baltimore,  N.  Y. 


DESCENDANTS   OF   THOMAS — ForRTH    GENERATION. 


159 


No.  Name. 

Bill  .Iiu'vis,  1 

1515  Mary  White, 

7  children. 

1516  Alfred, 

1517  Polly, 

1518  Willinm  Cooiicr 

1519  James  White, 

1520  Griethene, 

1521  Asahel  Hatch, 

1522  Polly  2d, 


Born.  Died.  Married  or  BTjarltB. 

Dec.  30,  1753  Feb.   14,  1830  Aug.  30,  1780. 

Dec.  25,  1701  July    0,  1820 

Sept.  15,  1781  Aug.  20,  1798  • 

Mch.  17,  1784  June  12,  1792  Daphany  Taylor. 

,Aug.  25,  1787  Feb.  25,  1813. 

Jan.    35,  1790  July  30,  1853  Sept.  13,  1812. 
Nov.  27.  1792 

May  30,  1793  Dec.  16,  1877  Dec.  25,  1821. 

May  28,  1797  March  23,  1817. 


1403. 

Elizab'h  Jarvis,  Nov.  10,  1760  Jan.   29.  1783. 

1523  Malatiah  Hatch,  Juue  22,  1764    July  28,  1812 
8  children. 


1524  John, 

Dec.  25,  1784 

May 

30, 

1843 

Jan.   8,   1807,  I 
McElvain. 

1525  Polly, 

Aug.  24,  1786 

Jan. 

33, 

1804 

1526  Solomon, 

Feb.     6,  1789 

S.  McElvain. 

1527  Ira. 

July  25,  1791 

C.  Smith. 

1528  William, 

Oct.    17,  1793 

Aug. 

31, 

1869 

1529  Amelia, 

Jidy     7,  1795 

E.  Taylor. 

1530  Maleuda, 

- 

July     3,  1797 
Twins. 

A.  Brown. 

1531  Matilda, 

July     3.  1797 

F.  Bingham. 

1404 

Mary  Jarvis, 

May   12,  1762 

Feb. 

1835 

June  15,  1780. 

1532  Thomas  Edson 

Jan.      3,  1753 

1836 

9  children. 

• 

1533  Polly, 

Mch.  29,  1781 

I.  Ma'vin. 

1534  Willy, 

July  13,  1783 

Mch. 

33. 

1785 

1535  William  Jarvis 

,  Feb.   23,  1786 

Polly  Fairchild 

1536  Asahel. 

Aug.    7,  1788 

F.  Stetson. 

1537  A  (hiUKliter, 

Feb.  13.  1791 

Veh. 

13, 

1791 

1538  Orciicll, 

Sepl.    ;..  1792 

Lydia  Wells. 

1539  Sally. 

Jan.      4,  1795 

Jan. 

4, 

1803 

1540  Theodoras, 

July     7,  1798 

Lawyer. 

1541  Kli/.abefh, 

Sept.  15,  1801 

J.  Price. 

-iff 

■'■'fi 


'I  -1 


\  u 


1  iOT. 

Asahel  Jarvis,    Feb.  15,  1768     Sept.  10,  1823    Mch.  18,  1790. 

Merchant. 


1  Dr.  Bill  Jarvis  came  into  Otsego  Co.  with  Judge  W^illiam  Cooper,  iu 
the  year  1790.     Was  physician,  surgeon,  and  land  surveyor. 


mm 


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ii 


160  DK8CKNDANTS   OB'   THOMAS — FIFTH    GKNKRATION. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

1542  Abig'l  GriHWokl, June    2,  1770  Hept.  20,  1802 

13  cliildren. 

1543  Chester.  Dec.     9,  1792  Aug.  10,  1870    OtI.  15.  1818. 

1544  Dwight,  May  27,  1797  Jan.   28,  180;}    Jan.  27,  1887. 

1545  Alma,  Apr.     3,  1799  June  20,  1803 


1540  Kent, 


June  13,  1801     Jan.    15,  1877- 


\  May  17,  1821. 


/  April  4,  180(i. 

1547  Edwin,  May     4,  1803  Sept.  10,  1872  Feb.  19,  1829. 

1548  ^[ary  Ann.  May   11.  1805  Feb.  14.  1832  April  5,  1829. 

1549  Jcrta  Maria,        May  30,  1800 

lo'-iO  Joseph  Sidney,  Oct.    23,  1H07  Sept.  15,  1855  Feb.  27,  1839. 

1551  Iloraco  iJenj.,     Sept.  11,  1809 

1552  Harriet,  Mch.    8,  1812  Sept.  30,  1878  Sept.  20,  1831.     I),  at 

Massillon,  O. 
One  son  and  two  dauglitors  died  in  infancy. 

1 400. 

Sally  Jarvis.       Aug.  19.  1772    Dec.  10,  1831     Feb.  14,  1793. 

1553  Eln'th'nOsborn.June  12,  1709 

7  children. 

Dec.  31,  1793  W.  Wilson. 

Aug.  10,  1790  C.  E.  Barnard. 

Feb.  13,  1799    Apr.  10,  1818 
Nov.  13,  1800    Mch.  30.  1835    J.  S.  Avery. 


1554  Aurelia, 

1555  Lucinda, 
1550  Julia  Ann, 

1557  Caroline  E., 

1558  Prosp'rHosmer, Oct.    24.  1803 

1559  IIosnierBeadell.Aug.    0.  1806 

1560  Wni.  Wright,      Mcli.  18,  1808 


S.  Johnston. 
C.  Robertson. 


No.  Name. 

Tidly  C.  Jarvis, 
M.D.,  Oct. 

1561  Margaret  Scher- 

nierhorn.        Dec. 
0  children. 

1562  Jacob  S.. 
1503  Abigail  (\. 

1564  lljichel  11.. 

1565  Joseph  A., 


1566  Anne  E., 

1567  Eliza  E., 


5th  Generation. 
ISOl. 

Boru.  Died. 

2,  1783 

8,  1787 


Married  or  Remarl(8. 


Feb.  9,  1806. 


Jan.    22.  1809 

Aug.  13.  1813  May     5,  1831 

April  18.  1815    July   17.  1838     May    6,1830. 
Sept.  21,  1817  Nov.   14,  1844.     Liv- 

ing in  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Feb.  10,  1831 
Oct.    10,  1828    June    0,  1854 


'            kl 

DESCKNDANTS    OP    THOMAS FIFTH    OENEKATION.                    IGl 

1S04. 

No.          Name.                       born. 

Died. 

Married  or  Beinarks. 

Electa  Jarvis,   Feb.     2,  1788 

Sept.  19,  1813. 

1568  Ricb'd  Srarritt,Dec.  15,  1787 

April  27,  1854 

9  cbildri'ii. 

1569  Nancy Aurelia.July  12,  1814 

April  27,  1815 

1570  Nancy  Aur.  2d,  June  30,  1815 

1 

1571  Gust.  Adolpb.,. July  20,  1816 

May  12,  1839 

1572  Electa  Eu^renia,Nov.  14, 1817 

Nov.  14,  1839 

1573  Sarali  Abi-,rail,  Nov.  21,  1818 

Feb.     5,  1819 

1574  Sarab  Ab.  2d.,  Mcb.  18,  1820 

1575  James  Jarvis,   Feb.     5,  1822 

Mary  M.  Turner. 

1576  George  Hall.     April  18,  1825 

Eliza  Blodget. 

1577  Edgar  Alon/.o.  May  20,  1826 

July   12,  1826 

1^ 

50€f. 

Alvab  Jarvis,'  Dec.  22,  1790 

Feb.    22,  1872 

Sept.  22,  1813. 

1578  Racb.lJradley,  Nov.  25,  1793 

Aug.   15,  1828 

6  cbildren. 

1579  Horace  15.,         Aug.  15,  1814 

Sept.  25,  1815 

1580  Horace  A.,        Jan.   14,  1818 

Sept.,       1837. 

1581  Mary  M.,           Aug.  27,  1820 

Mcb.     4,  1837 

1582  JaredT?.,           Jan.     1,1823 

Feb.     2,  1825 

1583  Jared  H.  2d,      April  11,  1825 

Mcb.  21,  1868 

Mary  Jane  Hallet. 

1584  Harriet  E.,        Sept.  13,  1827 

Aug.     4,  1828 

2d  wife. 

1585  Louisa  Gillet,    July  31,  1788 

Feb.  22,  1829. 

ISOT. 

Harriet  Jarvis,  Sept.  23,  1792 

Nov.  15,  1853 

Oct.  9,  1817. 

1586  Joel  Hradley.    Mcb.  22,  1793 

Nov.     3,  1853 

Farmer. 

B                                 6  cbildren. 

1                     1587  Henry,               Oct.     5,  1818 

• 

I                     1588  Josepb  Jarvis,  Mcb.  20,  1820 

April    3,  1821 

I                     1589  Josi-pb  W.,-'      Mcb.  IS,  1821 

I                     1590  Maria  Cburcb,  April  18,  1822 

Cbarles  V.  Heatb. 

■                     1591  Harv.Slieppard,  Sep.  4,  1825 

■                    1592  Cyrus  Yale,      Nov.    7,  1827 

('• 


Adol.  Jarvis,     April  18,  1795     Aug.     5,1874    Feb.  27, 1822.   Car|)en- 

ter  and  joiner. 
1593  Amelia  Fuller,  June  14,  1800    May    13,  1869 
3  cbildren. 


'  Justice  of  Peace;  dealer  in  real  estate;  postmaster. 
*  Married   Anna  Maria  Scbermerhoru ;  2  cbildren,  Alexander  A.   and 
Auuu  Josepbine  Jarvis. 
21 


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162 


DESCENDANTS   OF   THOMAS — FIFTH    GENERATION. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  RemnrkK. 

ir)})4  JosepliChurfh.Jaii.  10,  1S33  July     0,1873  Scpl.    (t.  lH,-.(). 
irm  Fninces  E.,       Aii^^.  24,  1834 

1596  HeniyA.,'        Doc.  16,  1830  Dec.     4,  1872  .Tun.    20,  \nr,-A. 


1  .'5  1  S. 

Sophia  Jarvis,  Auj?.    4.  1801     Mch.  34,  1878 
1597  Nathan  Ishdl,  Jan.   33,  1801 

7  children. 
15G8  Betsey  Jane,      May  21,  1824    July  27,  1845 

1599  Horace  Smith.  May  18,  1825 

1600  Oliver  Church,  Nov.  12,  1837 

1601  Celia  Abigail,- Sept.  13,  1830    Sept.  30,  1833 
1003  Sophr.  Elvina,  Nov.  16,  1834 

1603  Fi'licia  Minerva, May  29,  1836 

1604  Geo.  Thompson, Oct'.  18,  1839     . 


June  3,  1823. 
Fanner. 


Olive  Jane  Fisher. 


IS  13. 

Sophi'.  Jarvis,  Auj;;.    4,  1801  1875 

1605  Elishalhadley.May  26,  1798    Mch.  11,  1854    Farmer 

9  children. 
1000  Khoda  Jane,     Dec.  23,  1820 

1607  Julia  W.,  June  26,  1823 

1608  Lyd.  Cordelia,  Xug.    4,  1824 

1009  Abigail  Cook,  Mch.  27,  1837 

1010  Harriet  Curtiss, Oct    28,  1829 

1011  George  Henry.  Oct.  33,1831 
1013  Wm.  Smith,  Mch.  11,  1834 
1013  Maria  Louisa,  Sept.  12,  1830 
1614  Aug'ta  Sophia, April  14,  1840 


Sep..  14,  1835 
Dec.   13,  1848 

June  27.  1846 


Jan.      8,  1854 
June  27,  1842 


A.  G.  Isbell. 

Joseph  Hubbard. 
D.  Hubbard. 


William  Cooper 

Jarvis,  Aug.  25,  1787  Feb.  25,  1813. 

1615  Daphany  Taylor. 

2  children. 
1016  Lorcn.  Taylor,  Mch.  22,  1815  Oct.     3,  1841. 

1617  Erastus,    "         Sept.    4,  1820    Feb.   14,  1827 

1  S  1  f>. 

James  White 

Jarvis,  Jan.   38,  1790    July  30,  1853     Sept.  13,  1813. 

1618  Clarissa  Clark,  Dec.  15,  1794 

11  children. 


'Married  Lydia  Boyingtou;  1  ch.,  Charles. 

*  Married  Joseph  Story;  3  cli..  Abner  Grove  and  Gleu  Adolphus. 


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No.  Name. 

1619  Em"M- 


Born. 
April  16,  1810 


1620  Hester  A..         June  18,  1818 


1621  Susan, 

1622  Asuhel. 

1623  Joel  S., 

1624  James, 

1625  Mary, 

1626  Philander, 

1627  Julia, 

1628  Charles  W. 

1629  AureliaB.. 


Died.  Married  or  Remarket. 

Oct.  7,  1830,  Solomon 

Budd. 
Dec.  27,  183.5,  AVni.  11. 
Criddle. 
May  30,  1820    Nov.  20,  1826 
Sept.  17,  1822     Nov.  23,  1826 
Aug.  17,  1824  /        . 

Aug.  17,  1824    May    18,  1828      f     "''"'"• 
Aug.  30,  1826 

June    4,  1828    Sept.  1,5,  1829 
Nov.  30,  1830 

Feb.  21,  1833    July  30,  1853 
Mch.    1,  1836 


Rev.  Asahel  II. 

Jervis,  May  30,  1793     Dec.   16.  1877    Dec.  25,  1821 

1630  Mary  Cooley,  Oct.    16.1852    D.  inOvid;  inter'dMt. 

,    ,  .. ,  Hope,  Koch'r,  N.Y. 
4  children. 

]^^'  "'^J^".  D.  in  infancy. 

1632  Mary  M.,  D.  in  infancy. 

1633  KasinniR.  Jan.     9,1825                               Jan.  25,  1852. 

1634  Myron  A.,  Jan.     !),  1829 


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Polly  Jarvis,     May  28,  1797 
1635  Capt.  William 

Williams,      June  13,  1793 

5  children. 
1630  Nancy,  Jan.   13,  1818 

1037  Daniel,  July  14,  1820 

1638  Mary  Maria,     June  27,  1822    Aug.  21,  1848 
1639. Silas  R,  Aug.    3,  1829 

1640  And'w  Jackson, Aug. 20,  1832  Julia  A.  Taylor 


Jannette  Keeley. 


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1^-43. 

Chester  JarvLs,  Dec.    9,  1792    Aug.  10,  1870    Oct.  15,  1818.  Merch't 

1641  Content  Morris,  July  3,  1797    May   27,  1830 

4  children. 

1642  Fran. Griswold, June  19,  1819    Sept..  19,  1828 

1643  Fred.  Tiffany,  Sept.  22,  1822  Nov.  10,  1843. 

1644  Henry  Kent,     Sept.    7,  1824  .p\,h.   i;},  1846. 

1645  Aurel.  Content,  July    7,1827  ,     '  Mch.  27,  1845. 


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Born.  Died.  Married  or  Hcmnrks. 


Name. 

2d  wife. 
1«4()  Miirin  Bownc,  -Inly     1,  1700    Dec.   17,  1848    Doc.  0.  18:^0. 

1  child. 
1047  Asiihcl  Amos,  Mcli.  20,  1834  Nov..       1802. 

lid  wife. 
1648  Ann  Brown,      April  HO,  1801  Nov.  80,  1853. 

DwightJarvis.'May  27,1797    Jan.   28,1803    Jan.  27,  1837. 
1049  FrancesUpliain,Dec.,        1812    July    7,  1806 

1  ^4e. 

Kent  Jarvis,       June  13,  1801     Jan.   \r>,  1877    May  17,  1821. 

1650  Eurotta  M.  Wil- 
liams, Apr.     9,  1802    Feb.     8,  1804 
1  child. 

1051  Anna  Spraguc.  Dec.   19,  1825    Mch.  29,  1855    Adopted. 
2d  wife. 

1652  Mr«.  Julia  M. 

Dunn.  June  23,  1833  Apr.  4,  1800. 

5  children. 

1653  Cora  Eager 

Dunn,  May   19,  1854 

1654  James  Randall 

Dunn.  Nov.  21,  1857 

1655  Mary  Alida 

Dimn,  Feb.  25,  1860 

1056  JuliaKateDunu, Dec.  24,  1801 
1657  Kent  .larvis,  Jr., Dec.  21,1869 

Hon.  Kent  Jarvis. 

[The  following  sketch  is  from  the  pen  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  E.  E.  neardsicy, 
of  New  Haven,  author  of  tiie  "History  of  the  F^piscopal  Church  in  Con- 
necticut. "] 

Kent  Jarvis  was  born  at  Fly  Creek,  Otsego  County,  N.  Y., 
about  three  miles  west  of  the  village  of  (/ooperstown,  on  the  13th 
day  of  June,  1801.  His  father,  William  Jarvis,  removed  thither 
early  in  life  from  his  native  place,  Lanesboro,  Ma^s.,  and  was  one 
of  the  pioneer  settlers  in  Otsego  County — at  that  time  regarded  by 
New  England  people  as  "The  West."  His  uncle,  Kent  Jarvis,  was 
a  Major  in  the  Continental  army  during  the  Revolutionary  war, 
and   was   massacred   by  the   Indians   near  Saratoga,  N.  Y.     He 


*  Mr.  Jarvis  was  by  profession  a  lawyer.     He  was  also  Major-Geueral. 
He  was  a  very  prominent  man  in  public  oftices,  both  Fe  leral  and  State. 


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receivod  the  Cliristian  namoof  his  uiu'l«\  which  wan  of  Kiijj;h8h 
origin,  ami  (iuc  to  the  fact  of  his  grandmother  liaviiig  an  intiinatti 
lady  friend,  a  native  of  Kent  County,  Knghmd,  who  had  t-allod  her 
young  son  Kent,  in  honor  of  her  birthplace.  This  lady  persuadcHl 
the  grandmother  to  name  one  of  her  Hons  after  her  own  child,  and 
thus  Major  Jarvis  was  christened,  and  the  name  introduced  into 
the  family. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  a  limited  education,  such  as 
the  straitened  circumstances  of  his  parents  would  permit,  and  it 
was  not  beyond  the  elementary  branches  taught  in  the  common 
schools  of  those  days.  The  few  thousand  dollars  which  his  fathei- 
had  accumulated  was  lost  in  the  general  crash  that  ruined  so 
many  business  men  after  the  close  of  the  war  with  England,  in 
1815,  and  young  Kent  was  therefore  thrown  upon  his  own  resources, 
and  forced  to  seek  some  employment  that  would  prepare  him  for 
usefulness  in  life,  and,  at  the  samt?  time,  yield  a  competent  support. 
At  the  age  of  fourteen,  with  an  outfit  which  was  "  tied  uj)  in  a 
small  handkerchief,"  and  with  his  father's  good  advict;,  he  started 
on  foot  to  begin  a  seven  years'  apprenticeship  in  a  woolen  factory 
at  Burlington,  in  the  same  county.  He  became  an  inmate  of  the 
household  of  his  employer,  who  was  an  old-fashioned  I'reshyterian, 
beginning  the  Lord's  day  on  Saturday  at  stinset,  and  ending  it  at 
the  same  hour  on  Sunday.  He  soon  learned  to  manage  a  carding- 
machine,  and  was  earning  a  little  money  by  extra  work,  besides 
extending  his  knowledge  of  the  trade  to  which  he  had  become  very 
much  attached,  when  the  company  owning  the  factory  succumbed 
to  financial  embarrassments,  and  the  business  was  closed. 

lie  returned  to  his  father's  house,  and  continued  to  i)ursue  with 
different  employers  in  the  vicinity  the  occupation  upon  which  he 
had  entered,  imtil  1821.  In  that  year,  considering  himself  master 
of  the  business  of  wool-carding  and  dyeing,  and  cloth-dressing,  he 
rented  the  establishment  formerly  occupied  by  one  of  his  employers 
in  Fly  Creek,  then  belonging  to  the  estate  of  P^liplialet  Williams, 
and  set  up  for  himself.  Though  he  had  not  attained  his  majority, 
yet  on  the  17th  day  of  May,  1821,  he  married  Miss  Euretta  M. 
Williams,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  Williams,  above-named,  and  to 
use  his  own  words—  "  Depending  solely  upon  our  own  efforts  for  sue 
cess,  we  adopted  as  our  motto, — '  Industry,  Frugality,  and  Honesty,' 
and  we  were  contented  and  happy."  His  health  became  seriously 
impaired  through  exposure  to  the  wet  and  cold  incident  to  his 
business,  and  under  medical  advice  he  relinquished  it  at  the  end 
of  two  years,  and  retired  with  a  few  hundred  dollars  of  profits. 


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In  the  autimiM  of  IH'22,  his  olilc^r  bn)thor,  Dwij^lit,  wlio  had  b(«m 
in  partnerflhip  with  his  father  and  anoth«»r  brother  numod  (')i('Htor. 
in  manufacturing  cotton  and  woolen  factory  nuichinery  at  Kly 
Creek,  chose  for  himself  a  iww  jiath  in  life,  and  reMulvecl  to  corn- 
inonce  th<»  Htu<iy  of  law.  K<^nt  was  pcrHuatlcMl  to  tiike  liis  place  in 
the  (irm,  and  was  admitted  a  partner  in  tlie  spriiij;  of  IH'.'.'i,  being 
entrusted  with  the  out-door  dutiew — such  as  purchaHing  tlu*  mate- 
rial for  the  business,  contractinf  machinery,  inakiHg  .sal<!s,  and 
collecting  bills.  The  getu^ral  .ession  of  all  business  in  that 
part  of  tlie  country  led  him  to  dispose  of  his  interest  in  the  spring 
of  1H28,  and  on  the  2(1  of  July  lu^  n^moved  to  Lowvillo,  Lewis 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  undertook  to  gratify  a  wish,  wliicrh  he  had 
cherishetl  from  boyhood,  to  i)e  a  merchant.  Kor  twenty  years, 
with  alternate  success  and  misfortune,  he  engaged  in  mercaiitile 
pursuits  at  Lowvillo,  and  Massillon,  ( )lii().  At  th(^  end  of  this  period, 
he  said:  "  My  inercantile  career  of  tw(^nty  years'  hard  struggling 
with  a  singleness  of  purpose  that  should  havt^  won  success,  left  me 
almost  penniless.  1  had  the  consolation  of  knowing  tliau  whatever  1 
had  acdiieved  was  always  the  result  of  my  own  judgment  and  efforts, 
and  that  my  manifold  misfortunes  were  clearly  chargeal)le  to  the  bad 
faith  and  dishonesty  of  those  as,'     '"ated  with  nu^  in  business." 

His  settlement    in    Massilki  >ms    to    have    been   accidental. 

After  lie  had  failed  in  efforts  .  trieve  his  fortune  at  Lowville 
and  at  oth(>r  ])laces,  Ik;  determined  upon  a  bold  venture;  and, 
borrowing  fifty  ilollars,  he  started  on  the  last  day  of  February, 
1844,  for  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  where  he  lioped  to  engage  in 
the  hardware  business,  with  which  he  had  Ixu-ome  somewhat 
familiar.  On  bis  way  he  made  a  visit  to  his  brother  Dw'  ,'ht, 
whom  he  had  not  seen  for  several  years,  and  who  was  then  living 
in  the  meridian  of  his  influence  and  usefulness  at  Massillon.  His 
brother  advised  him  to  abandon  the  Grand  Rapids  scheme,  and  to 
try  his  luck  in  that  place. 

Here  again  he  was  unsuccessful  until  1848,  wiu-n  an  entirely 
new  field  of  enterprise  was  opened  out  to  him  in  the  purchase  and 
sale,  with  two  other  gentlemen,  of  certain  real  estate  consisting  of 
farming  lands  and  village  property  in  and  around  Massillon.  His 
share  of  the  profits  from  this  purchase  at  tlu;  end  of  live  years 
amounted  to  over  $50,000;  and  sub.^equently  by  various  agencies, 
trusteeships,  and  executorships  (which  were  all  faithfully  per- 
formed), and  by  judicious  investments  in  railroads  and  other  cor- 
porations, he  amassed  a  fortune  which,  according  to  his  own  state- 


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m«nt,  amounted  on  tho  1st  day  of  .Januiiry,  IH7'2,  to  nearly  $'250,- 
000,  exclusive  of  his  donations  to  relatives  and  friends  and  to 
benevolent  and  cliiiritiiMe  olijects.  which  were  on  ii  munificent 
Boale  nnd  measured  i)y  his  Hcciimulations. 

For  two  years  from  April  1,  18(57,  h»>  was  Collector  of  Internal 
Revomie  for  tlu^  Seventi'«>ntli  District  of  Ohio,  and  gave  his  ImhiiI, 
with  other  sureties,  to  the  United  States  for  the  sum  of  $100,000 
that  he  wouki  faithfully  fulfil  the  duties  of  the  office.  P^xactness 
in  this  as  in  other  res|)onsil»le  situations,  iiiark(>d  hia  course  and 
add(>d  stj'enjrtli  to  his  odicial  character. 

His  jjulilic  lif((  was  lu'gun  in  tlu"  military  organization.  From 
boyhood  it  had  charnis  for  him,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was 
enrolled  in  a  military  company,  and  henceforward  up  to  the  out* 
bre"k  of  the  civil  war,  he  advanced  in  the  regular  ord(T  of  promo- 
tion, and  o(;cupied  every  successive  rank  except  that  of  Colonel. 
He  was  made  a  Rrigadier-OencM-al  by  the  (Jovernor  of  Ohio  when 
the  war  commeiK^ed,  and  thus  olitaiwovl  'he  military  title  by  which 
he  WHS  known  and  addressed  in  the  latter  years  of  liis  life. 

Following  th(>  example  of  Ins  father,  he  connected  himself  with 
the  Masonic  order,  and  became  a  member  of  a  Lodge  in  Coopers- 
town  on  reaching  his  majority.  Tie  was  a  conspicuous  ornament 
of  tin  Fraternity,  attained  to  its  highest  honors,  and  pa-ssed  also 
tlirougli  all  the  grades  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Eite. 
Six  years  before  his  death  a  writer  of  the  Order  said  of  him: 
"His  coimection  with  Freemasonry  has  not  been  a  merely  nominal 
matter,  nor  for  the  purpost^  of  private  gain  or  personal  jjopularity; 
he  has  been  an  artive,  worklnij,  faithful  Mason.  For  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century,  we  have  been  accustomed  to  meet  him  at  the 
annual  meetings  of  the  Grand  Bodies;  and  he  was  therft  for  work, 
not  a  mere  idler." 

He  was  a  warm  friend  of  the  benevolent  institutions  of  the 
State,  being  for  many  years  a  Trustee  of  the  Dijaf  and  Dumb 
Asylum  at  Cohnnbus,  and  a  zealous  advocate  for  an  improved 
system  of  publico  education,  wliich  he  lived  to  see  adopted  in  Ohio, 
and  recognized  as  the  bulwark  of  true  liberty  and  independence. 

But  his  noblest  record  is  in  the  .tmnals  of  the  Church.  Blessed 
with  godly  parents,  he  was  baptized  by  Father  Nash,  the  early 
and  well-known  Episcopal  missioiiarv  in  Otsego  and  adjoining 
counties,  and  confirmed  in  his  youth.  While  at  Lowville  he  was 
one  of  those  who  joined  in  organizing  an  Episjiopal  parish  there, 
and    was  chosen   its  first  Junior  Warden.     He  represented   that 


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parish  in  the  Diocesan  Convention  held  in  the  city  of  New  York 
in  1838,  when  measures  were  adopted  for  the  original  division  of 
the  Dioces(>;  and  Western  New  York  was  erected  into  a  see,  and 
elected  at  its  Primary  Convention  in  November  of  that  year  for 
Bishop,  the  Eev.  Dr.  DeLancey  of  Philadelphia.  On  lixing  his 
residence  in  Massillon,  Mr.  Jarvis  was  made  a  Warden  of  St. 
Timotl'.y's  Church  in  that  place,  a,nd  continued  so  to  the  day  of  his 
death.  He  evinced  a  large  and  lively  interest  in  all  that  concerned 
the  welfare  of  the  Church,  especially  in  Ohio.  He  was  a  Trustee 
of  Kenyon  College  and  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Gambler,  and 
"ever  guided  and  sustained  the  policy  which  he  believed  honestly 
proposed  and  wisely  calculated  to  secure  success."  For  many 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Ohio  Convention,  and  took  a  promi- 
nent part  in  the  revision  and  codification  of  the  ecclesiastical  law 
of  the  Diocese.  He  was  three  times  chosen  a  Ijay  Deputy  from 
Ohio  to  the  General  Convention  of  the  I'rotestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  United  States,  first  in  ISaO  and  again  in  18(12  and  180'). 

His  marriage  with  Miss  Williams  has  been  already  mentioned. 
After  a  hapi)y  union  of  almost  forty-three  years,  she  died  on  the 
8th  of  February,  ISfil,  and  in  a  memorandum  of  her  death  and 
virtues  he  said:  "Though  never  blessed  with  children  of  our  own, 
we  were  never  without  from  one  to  three  orphan  children  in  our 
family."  They  were  not  only  supported  by  him,  but  educated  at 
his  expense. 

On  the  4th  day  of  April,  1866,  he  married  Mrs.  Julia  M.  Dunn, 
a  widow  lady  of  Elniira,  N.  Y.,  with  four  children,  all  of  whom 
were  taken  to  his  spacious  mansion  at  Edgewater,  in  Massillon. 
That  mansion,  we  are  told,  was  "one  of  taste,  beauty,  and  even 
magnificence.  In  external  appearance  it  was  surpassed  by  few, 
and  within  was  hardly  equalled  anywhere  for  genial,  generous 
hospitality." 

The  birth  of  a  son  on  the  '21st  day  of  December,  1869, — bap- 
tized Kknt, — was  an  event  which  added  new  j(-)y  to  the  happy 
househt)ld.  It  was  the  father's  earnest  prayer  that  he  might  be 
"  spared  to  a  hfe  of  usefulness,  be  an  honoi-ed  rejjresentative  of  his 
name  and  family,  a  patriotic  citizen,  and  a  sincere  Christian." 

Mr.  Jarvis  obtained  possession  of  the  old  homestead  in  Fly 
Creek,  and  had  a  gatln!ring  of  relatives  and  friends  to  the  number 
of  about  seventy  to  celebrate  in  the  very  house  where  he  was 
born  the  sixty-third  anniversary  of  his  birth.  Nine  years  after- 
wards a  similar  but  larger  a'seniblage  met  in  the  same  hallowed 


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spot  to  celebi'ate  the  seventy-second  anniversary  of  his  birth,  and 
on  this,  as  on  the  previous  occasion,  he  read  a  poem  written  for 
him  by  a  friend  in  Washinjjton  City,  and  beginning, — 

I  come  witli  years  upon  my  bead, 

My  cbildhc'^'i's  home  to  see; 
T  come  o'er  youthful  scenes  to  trend, 

Ouce  joyous  scen*;s  to  me. 

The  last  public  act  of  Mr.  Jarvis  was  to  plead  the  cause  of 
Mi  nons.  At  a  Convoca,tion  in  Canton,  on  Wednesday  evening, 
January  11,  1877,  he  stood  by  his  Hishop  and  rehearsed  some  of 
his  early  niissioiiary  e.xperiences  in  the  hearing  of  a  large  co.igre- 
gation  with  such  earnestness  and  eloquence  as  to  be  particularly 
noticeable.  The  disease  (paralysis  of  the  heart)  of  which  he 
appears  to  have  had  a  great  dread,  and  of  which  his  brothers 
Dwight  and  Edwin  had  died,  struck  him  without  premonition  on 
the  Monday  following  his  ufldress  in  Canton.  The  circumstances 
are  briefly  related  by  his  pastor  in  a  letter  to  Bishop  Bedell:  "  He 
attended  divine  service  twice  on  Sunday,  and  was  unusually  hearty 
in  the  responses  and  singing.  At  home  throughout  tlie  day  he 
was  cheorfid  ahnost  to  gayety,  and,  after  returning  from  church  in 
the  evening,  sang  with  the  family  until  quite  late."  Monday  morn- 
ing he  arose  in  a[)parent  health,  and  with  characteristic  precision 
he  detailed  his  pkas  and  work  for  the  day,  consulting  Mrs.  Jarvis 
with  regard  to  the  preparations  for  an  anticipated  trip  to  which  he 
was  looking  forward  with  great  pleasure,  l^ut  very  soon  he  com- 
plained of  some  distress  about  the  heart,  whicii,  though  it  neither 
alarmed  liis  family  nor  tlu^  physician,  who  was  quickly  called,  yet 
impressed  him  strongly  with  the  belief  that  the  end  had  come. 
With  perfect  composure  and  resignation  he  met  the  final  summons. 
"Thy  will  be  done,"  he  said  witli  euiphasis;  and  bidding  farewell 
to  tlie  loved  ones  about  him,  he  quietly  passed  to  the  rest  that 
remaineth  for  the  people  of  God. 

it  was  an  evidence  of  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  in 
the  city  of  Massillon  that  during  the  funeral  services  on  Thursday 
afternoon  8ubse(pient  to  his  decease,  places  of  business,  storrs, 
shops,  banks,  and  schools  were  closed  out  of  respect  to  bis  memory. 

Bishop  Bedell,  in  his  address  to  the  Annual  Convention  of  the 

Diocese  of  Ohio,  June,  1877,  thus  spoke  of  his  decease  and  summed 

up  his  character:   "  We  have  mourned  the  death  of  some  devoted 

lavm_cn  during  the  past  year:   among  them,  Kent  Jarvis,  Esq.,  of 

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DESCENDANTS    OF   THOMAS — FIFTH    GENERATION. 


Massillon,  who  has  been  prominent  in  the  councils  of  our  Church. 
He  has  been  one  of  the  main-stays  of  our  Diocese,  and  of  our 
Diocesan  institutions;  a  man  who  was  remarked  for  keen  judg- 
ment, grave  discretion,  patient  attention  to  details,  and  a  prevailing 
devotion  to  the  Church.  He  was  always  prompt  and  active  in  dis- 
charge of  duty;  and  could  always  be  depended  on  to  fulfil,  to  tlie 
extent  of  his  ability,  responsibilities  committed  to  him.  He  has 
represented  the  Diocese  in  the  General  Convention.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Committee  on  Canons.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Legal  Committee.  He  has  been  a  Trustee  of  our  institutions,  and 
an  efficient  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  since  its  inaugura- 
tion. We  regret  the  loss  of  so  faithful  a  counsellor  and  so  true  a 
friend.  He  passed  away  in  the  comfort  of  a  reasonable  hope  in 
Christ,  and  with  remarkable  tranquility!  Scarcely  fifteen  minutes' 
notice  was  given  him;  but  all  his  affairs  were  in  order,  and  he 
'addressed  himself  to  the  crossing'  (as  Bunyan  would  say),  and 
passed  out  of  mortal  into  immortal  life,  with  confident  com- 
posure." 


1S4T'. 


No 


Niiiuo.  Born. 

Edwiu  Jarvis, '  May     4,  1803 

1658  Lydia  E.  Gross,  May     5,  1807 

5  children. 

1659  Celina  North, 

1660  Mary  Jane, 

1661  Dwight, 
1663  Anna  Maria, 


Died. 
Sept.  10,  1873 
Nov.  38,  1871 


June  17,  1830 
Hept.  9,  1833 
()(!t.  8,  1835 
Feb.  10,  1841 


Married  or  Remarks. 
Feb.  19,  1839. 


April  14,  1869. 
Mch.  1,  lH(»(i. 
Mcli.  31,  1864. 


1663  Charles  Edwin,  Oct.    33,  1843 


1S48. 

Mary  Ann  Jar- 
vis,  Mch.  11,  1805    Feb.  14,  1833    Apr.  5,  1839. 

1664  Leon'd  Harding,  June    5,  1800 

1  child. 

1665  Frances  LouIsa.June    6,  1831 


'I 


i. 

I. 


Josephs. Jarvis, Oct.   33.1807    Sept.  15,  1855    Feb. 37, 1839.  Copper 

Tin  &  Iron  Works 
1666  CcyHnda  Nea- 

ving,  Mch.  34,  1817 

3  children. 

*  Had  tin  and  copper  works;  sash  and  blind  factory.     Was  justice  of 
the  peace. 


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171 


No.  Name.  Bon:.  Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

1667  Julia  Maria,        May     8,  1840    Dec.    5,  1870    1864,  David  N.  Rus- 

sell. 

1668  Chester,  Oct.   24,  1843    Dec.  10.  1850 

1669  Mary  Abigail,     June  26,  1846 

Harriet  Jarvis,    Mch.    8,  1812    Sept.  30,  1878    Sept.  20,  1831. 
1C70  Wm.  A.  Chase,  July  20,  1806    Juue  26,  1862    Druggist  and  Grocer. 
3  children. 

1671  Mary  Aun,  Jan.   30,  1833 

1672  Kent  Jarvis,        Aug.  29,  1837 

1673  Edward  A.,         Mar.    9,  1845 


6th  Generation. 

No.  Name.  Bom.  Died. 

Jacob  S.  Jarvis,  Jan.   22,  1809 

1674  Jane  M.  Curtiss,  Dec.  25,  1814 

7  children. 

1675  Francis  H.,         July  15,  1836  Oct.      8,1846 

1676  Albert  F.,  Oct.  25,  1838 

1677  Jane  Josephine,  Oct.   20,  1842  Nov.  30,  1842 

1678  Helen  liOuisa,     Nov.  17,  1843  Oct.    20,  1846 
1079  Francis  H.  2d,    Apr.  28,  1846  Apr.     9,  1853 

1680  Helen  A.,  Dec.  19,  1848 

1681  Flor'uce  Isidore,  Aug.  30,  1853 


Married  or  Kemarlts. 
Dec.  25.  1833. 


15503. 


Abig'l  C.  Jarvis.Aug.  13,  181b 

1682  Asa  Borden. 

4  childi'cn. 

1683  George  F., 


1684Cliarle8M., 

1685  Abigail  M., 

1686  Joseph  A., 


Jan.   21.  1834 

Feb.  16,  1836 

Aug.  31,  1838 
Oct.   29,  1844 


May  5.  1831. 


July  9, 1854,  Angelina 
N.  Hiininiond. 

May  11,  1854.  Harriot 
B.  Clark. 


ise4. 

RochelH.Jarvis.Apr.  18.  1815    July  17.  1838    May  6.  1836. 

1687  Robert  Hilaon. 

1  child. 

1688  Eliza  Jane.         Jan.   30,  1838 


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172 


DESCENDANTS   OF   THOMAS — SIXTH   GENERATION. 


1  ^OS. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Jos.  A.  Jarvis,    Sept.  21,  1817 

1689  Mary  O.  Daniel,  Apr.  21,  1821     Feb.  27,  1852 

2  children. 

1690  Charles  J.,  Jan.   23,1846    Jan.   31.1847 

1691  Edward  W.,       July  17,  1848 

1S80. 

Horace  A.  Jarvis,  Jan.  14,  1818 

1692  Lucy  Jane  El- 

dridge,  Nov.  11,  1818 

4  children. 

1693  Mary  Minerva. 

1694  Joseph  Albert,  1841     Jan.    9,  1879. 

1695  Julia  F., 

1696  Grace  Gillet. 


Married  or  Remarli?. 
Nov.  14,  1844. 


Sept.,  1837.    Merch't. 


W.  H.  Twiss. 


1 S04. 

Joseph  Church 
Jarvis,  Jan.    19,  1823    July    6,  1872    Sept.  6,  1850.     Died, 

Sycamore,  111. 

1697  Maria  Seaver,     May  10,  1830 

1  child. 

1698  Frank  Adolph's,  May     8,1851 


loie. 

Lorenzo  Taylor 
Jarvis,  Mch.  22,  1815 

1699  Abigail  Preston,  Nov.  28,  1815 

3  children. 
nOORufusR,  Nov.    6,1842 
1701  Emma.  Nov.  22,  1845 
11)2  MaryW.,  Oct.   22,  1848 

1033. 

Rev.  Kasinni  P. 
Jervis,  i  Jan.     9,  1825 

1703  Martha  H.  Long. 

4  children. 
1704MaryTheodora,«May  30,  1854 

1705  Sarah  Jessica,    July     9,  1858 

1706  Charles  Myron 

Samuel,  May  22,  1860 

1707  Arthur  Harold 

Kivsinni,  Feb.   19,  1863 


Oct.  3, 1841.   Parmer. 


Jan.  25.  1852. 


Oct.  11.  1877 


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DESCENDANTS   OF   THOMAS— SIXTH   GENERATION. 


173 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Fred'kT.Jarvi8,Sept.  22,  1822 

1708  MonisaT.Steeve, Oct.     7,1826 

2  children. 

1709  Fran's  Griswold,  July  14,  1845 

1710  Charles  H.,         Sept.  21,  1848 


ie43. 

Died. 


Married  or  Remarks. 
Nov.  16,  1843. 


1044. 


Henry  K.Jarvis.  Sept.    7,1824 
1711  Harriet  J.  BlLss,  Feb.  13,  1826 
2  children. 


Feb.  13,  1846. 


1712  Kent, 

1713  Willard, 


Jan.     2.  1847    Apr.  12.  187G    Oct.,  1872,  Emma 

Clark.  Druggist. 
May     2,  1853 

1 04S. 


Aurelia  C. 
Jarvis,  July     7,  1827 

1714  David  C.  Breaee.Sept.  30,  1820 

8  children. 

1715  Geo.  L.  Bowne,  Mch.  20,  1847    May     5   1847 

1716  Ella  C,  Aug.    7,1849 

1717  Emma,  Sept.    8,  1851 

1718  William  Jarvis,  May     7,  1855 

1719  Chester  Jarvis,  Mch.  27,  1857 

1720  Asahel  Amos,     Apr.     7,  1860 

1721  Chas.  Harmon,  Mch.    2,  1866 

1732  Carl  Adelbert,     Sept.    2,  1869    Oct.   21.  1869 

Asahel  A.  Jarvis.Mch.  29,  1834 

1723  Ella  H.  Hanna. 

3  children. 

1724  Emma  Bowne. 

1725  George  L.  Bowne. 

1726  William  Hamilton. 

1  ooo. 

Mary  J.  Jarvis,  Sept.    9,  1833 

1727  Gilbert  O.  Fay. » 

2  children. 

1728  Elizabeth.  May  21,  1870 

1729  Charles  Jarvis,   Aug.  26,  1871 


Mch.  27.  1845. 


Adelbert  Dye. 
Willis  T.  Thorpe. 
1  ch.,  Jarvis  Loomis. 


Nov.,  1862. 


Apr.  14,  1869. 


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No.  Name.  Born. 

Dwight  .Iiirvia,  i  Oct.     8,  1835 

1730  Miiry  L.  Kodgers. 

2  children. 

1731  Edwiu  Rodgcrs,  June  19,  1868 
1733  Anna  Louisa,     Aug.  26,  1871 


leoi. 

Died. 


Marritul  or  Remarks. 
Mch.  1,  1866. 


ioo«. 


Ann  M.  Jarvis,  Feb.  10,  1841 
1733  Thos.B.  George,  »Feb.  21.  1836 


Mch.  31,  1864. 


1  Civil  Engineer,  and  Colonel  13th  Regiment  O.  V.  T.,  in  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion,  and  is  now  Brigadier-General  of  Volunteer.s. 

«  First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  13th  Regiment  O.  V.  T.  Also  Captain 
and  Adjutant-General  iu  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 


DKHCENDANTH    OF    JONATHAN. 


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DESCENDANTS  OF  JONATHAN  JARVIS. 

P'or  over  five  years,  we,  in  connection  with  Captain  P.  C. 
Jarvis  and  others  of  the  name  in  Huntington,  on  Long  Island, 
have  been  laboring  assiduously  to  discover,  if  possible,  the 
origin  of  the  Jarvis  family  in  that  region.  We  have  searched 
thi'ough  the  records  of  the  town,  examined  old  wills,  deeds,  family 
bibles,  and  the  lists  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths,  preserved  by 
the  different  churches,  noting  down  traditions,  and  exploring  all 
sources  of  information  that  might  lead  to  satisfactory  results. 
(See  Appendices  A,  B,  D,  G,  and  N.) 

We  have  found,  by  these  researches,  that  about  the  year  16G1 
occurs  the  name  of  Stephen  Jarvis,  and  in  the  year  1(579,  the 
names  of  William  Jarvis,  Thomas  Jarvis,  and  Jonathan  Jarvis,  all 
prominent  men  in  their  several  callings,  and  all  evidently  of  mature 
age,  as  their  names  frequently  appear  in  the  early  records  of  real 
estate  transactions. 

One  tradition  is  that  the  three  last-mentioned  were  brother's, 
and  they  nuiy  all  have  been  brothers  or  near  relatives  of  John 
Jarvis,  who  is  mentioned  as  being  one  of  a  coroner's  jury  in  Bos- 
ton, on  the  28th  of  September,  1 630. 

We  have  discovered  a  tradition  among  the  descendants  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Jarvises  in  Massachusetts,  that  one  or  more  of 
the  name  went  to  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
Huntington  and  Connecticut  branch.  This  tradition  may  be  true, 
as  from  history  we  learn  that  the  Connecticut  Colony  originated 
in  Hartford  about  the  year  1639,  and  that  Huntington,  L.  I.,  was 
peopled  from  the  Connecticut  Colony  about  1653.  Thus,  in  the 
absence  of  any  stronger  evidence,  we  are  led  to  think  that  our 
ancestors  in  Huntington  may  have  come  from  Boston  by  the  way 
of  Hartford,  Conn. 

As  we  have  already  stated  in  another  place,  we  have  found  that 
Stephen  Jarvis  had  a  son  Stephen,  and  that  that  son,  Stephen,  Jr., 
had  two  sons:  Stephen,  Jr.,  born  June  2,  1683,  Abraham,  born 
April  26,  1685;  but  after  diligent  search  we  have  found  no  further 
descendants  of  them. 

By  the  will  of  William  Jarvis,  the  testator,  we  learn  that  he  was 
the  father  of  Captain  Samuel  Jarvis  of  Norwalk,  Conn. ;  by  tradi- 


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DESCENDANTS    (IF    JONATHAN SECOND    OENKRATION. 


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tionary  and  other  evidence,  that  Thomas  was  the  ancostor  of  the 
IlonorabUi  Kent  Jarvis  branch;  and  lastly,  that  it  is  believed  by 
Captain  P.  C.  Jarvis  and  others  in  Huntington,  taat  Jonathan 
Jarvis  had  a  son  William,  who  was  the  father  of  se'  eral  children, 
the  eldest  of  whom  was  Isaiah.  This  Isaiah  married  Hannah 
Whitman,  July  4,  1721),  and,  as  it  appears,  died  about  1737,  as  he 
is  spoken  of  as  deceased  in  land  grants  of  that  ilate.  He  had  a 
son  Robert,  born  1735,  who  was  the  father  of  Simon  Jarvis,  the 
father  of  Captain  P.  C.  Jarvis.  Robert's  mother,  Hannah  Jarvis, 
married  a  second  husband,  Elnathan  Smith,  in  1739.  She  had  a 
son,  Joel  Smith,  and  one  of  his  granddaughters  states  that  Joel 
and  Robert  were  step- brothers,  thus  corroborating  the  record  as 
above  given.  This  record  agrees  with  other  traditions  of  the 
numerous  families  in  and  around  Huntington,  and  is  further  con- 
firmed by  the  recurrence  of  cei'tain  Christian  names,  as  Jonathan, 
etc.,  which  are  not  found  in  the  other  branches. 

In  this  way  we  venture  to  establish  the  following  record: 


No.  Name. 

1734  Jonatlian  Jarvis, 

1  child. 

1735  William. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  JONATHAN 
IsT  Geneuation. 

Born.  Died. 


Married  or  Remarks. 
See  Appendices  D.  N. 


No.  Name. 

William  Jarvis, 

7  children. 

1736  Isaiah, 

1737  Benajah, 

1738  William, 

1739  Henry, 

1740  Jonathan, 

1741  Augustine, 
1743  Eliphalet. 


2d  Generation. 
1  T'S^. 

Bom  Died. 


1705  1737 

1710  1766 

1713  Jan.  16,  1743 

1714  1774 
1718  July  25,  1705 
1737  1756 


Married  or  RemarliB. 
Gives  land  to  his  son 
Jonathan,  in  1760. 

July  4,  1739. 
May  5,  1731. 
Zervlah  Rogers. 


Jan.  20,  1746. 


DK8CENDANT8   OF   JONATHAN — THIKD    QKNKHATION. 


177 


No.  Name. 

Isaiah  Jarvis, 

174a  Hannah  Whit- 
man,' 
1  child. 

1744I{<)b(Ml. 


Benajah  Jarvis, 
1745  Jciininia  Smith, 

1  child. 
1748  Hannah, 

8d  wife. 

1747  Annio  Sammis, 

2  cliildrcn. 

1748  Milerson, 


3d  Genehation. 
1  ^30. 

,'*°'''-  Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

1705  1737    July  4,  1729. 


1735 


1T'3T'. 


1710 
1704 


1710 


1749  Mary, 

3d  wifo. 

1750  Zerviah  Jarvi.s,  widow  of  William. 

3  children. 

1751  Milerson, 

1752  Mary, 


Henry  Jarvis, 
3  children. 

1753  William,* 

1754  Samuel  D., 

1755  Elkanah. 


IT30. 

1714 


May  20,  1739. 
1833  1760. 


1766    May  5,  1731. 
1742 

Went  to  Nova  Scotia 
after  Revolution. 

1754    Jan.  27,  1747. 

May  2,  1764,  Abra- 
ham Camp. 
1777,  toZach.  Rogers. 

May  7,  1755. 

May2, 1764,  A.Camp. 
May  18.  1777.  Z.  Rog- 
ers.' 


1774 


Nov.  11,  1769    Jan.   17,  1838    Nov.  23,  1789 
Dec.  28,  1746  ngo.  Mary  Ruscoe, 

1  child,  Phebc. 


1^40. 

1718  July  25,  1795.  Jan.  20,  1746. 


Jonathan  Jarvis, 

1756  Annie  Brewster, 

1  child. 

1757  Isaiah  Jarvis,      May  30,  1760 

2d  wife. 

1758  Charity  White,  1725    Mch.  17,  1800    Dec.  1,  1765 

1  child. 

1759  Timothy  Jarvis, Oct.  22,  1766    Feb.     3,  1843    Mch.  14,  1795. 


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4tii  Gknkkation. 
17^44. 

Died. 


Mnrriert  or  Hi'iiinikH. 
1888  17(i(). 


No.  Name.  Born. 

HoluTt  Jarvia.'  1735 

1700  Siirtili  Ireliinil,  Ist  wife. 
17«1  M!ir-,mrt't  Hnisli,  2(1  wife. 
!)  children. 

1702  Joseph  Iroliind.  Oct.    28,  1704 

1703  Isiiiuh,  Feb.     (i,  17<i3    July  31.  1833    Dec.  31,  1780.  ChriH- 

tinna  (Soiild. 


1704  Simon  Lossee,    Feb.  17,  1707 
17(ir)  Jonatlian,  Aug.  83,  1772 


1854  171)1. 

Feb.  1(1,  1793. 


1700  I.'^aac. 

1707  Thomas, 

Sept. 

28. 

1781 

1828 

Nov.  (t,  1H02. 

1708  Hannah, 

1777 

Oliver  Smith. 

1709  PlK'be, 

1789 

Platf  Rollers. 

1770  Sally, 

1794 

iTr>o. 

J.  Duryea. 

Timothy  Jarvis.^Oct.  22,  1700  Feb.     3,  1843    Mch.  14,  1795. 

1771  Phebc  Bloom- 

fleld,                  Oct.   23,  1774  Mch.  14.  1850    Woodbridj^e,  N.  J. 
7  children. 

1772  Jno.Bloomficld,  Dec.  14,  1795  June  3.  1834. 

1773  Ann  Eliza,           Dec.  11,  1797  Sept.  12.  1843,  Kobt. 

C.  Vail  of  Hahway. 

1774  Susannah  Maria,  July  18,  IHOO  May  21.1828    Jime  24,  1817. 

1775  Elizabeth.           Feb.  22.  1804  Sept.  25, 1845.  to  Rev. 

Wm.  Bryant  Barton. 
1770  Timothy  Brew- 
ster,                 Feb.  20,  1809  May  30,  1837. 

1777  William,             Nov.  24,  1811  June  8,  1841. 

1778  Benj.  Franklin,  July     2,1816  Oct.  19,  1840. 


5Tn  (Iknkuation. 
Born.  Died. 


No.  Name. 

Joseph  Ireland 

Jarvis,  Oct.   28,  1704 

1779  Phebc  Carll,  1st  wife, 

1  child. 


Married  or  Keinarks. 


1  Robert  Jarvis  was  badly  injured  and  cut  on  the  head  to  make  him  tell 
where  his  money  was  bid.     The  wound  left  a  scar  for  life. 

-  Timotliy  Jarvis  sold  his  place  in  the  village  of  Huntinjiton,  L.  I.,  to 
Dr.  Benjamin  Kissam,  in  1797. — From  RtBerhead  Records. 


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Horn. 


Died. 


Vo,  Nnini). 

1780  Joel. 

2(1  wife. 
({  oliildroii. 

1781  Rol)(.r(. 

1782  William. 

1783  ilendrickson. 

1784  Keturiih. 

1785  Eliza. 
1786Muritt, 


1  r«^. 

Simon  Lossec 

Jarvis,               Feb.  17,  1767                    1854 

1787Keturah(V)nkIi.i.  1775     Aug.  16,  1850 
13  cliiklreu. 

1788  Robert,                Dec.  10,  1792 

1789  David  Coiiklin,  Feb.  ;i,  1795 

1790  Thos.  IIi<rbv   )    .  . 

1791  Elizabeth:  ^'  \  '^"'y  ^0,  1797 

1792  Esther.               Feb.  15,  1800    July  13,  1878 
1<9,^  Jonathan,            Apr.  1,  1802 

1794  Phebe,  June  22.  1804 

1795PhiletusConklin,Dee.  1,  1806 

179*  Almira,  Nov.  20,  1812 

1798  Emulus,  Sept.  20,  1815 

1799  Wm.  llaviland.  Sept.  25,  1818 

1800  John  Bunce,       June  16,  1821     Apr.  16   1864 


Marrlod  or  KcnmiUH. 


Nov.  30, 1816, Stephen 
Riche. 


1791. 


No  children. 

Mary  Wright.  3  ohil- 

dren. 
Abigail  Scndder. 
Capt.  Dean. 


May  28,  1829. 


1845. 


iros. 


Jonathan  Jarvis,  Aug.  23,  1772 
1801  Deborah  Whlt- 


Feb.  16,  1793. 


man, 
8  children. 

1803  David, 

1804  Sarah, 

1805  Mary  Ann, 
1800  Whitman, 

1807  Aaron, 

1808  John, 
1H09  William, 
1810  Charles, 


1776 


Dec.     8,  1794    Nov.  22,  1867    1815 
1797 

1799  1875 

1804 

]^^^  Peunsall,  2  children. 

1810 

1813  '  3  children. 

•    1819  Died  young. 


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No.  Nnmo.  Born.  Died. 

'nutmas  .rarviH,  Hcpt.  28,  1781 
1811  IMiclic  Itrmp. 

4  cliildn'ii. 
1813  C  iuiton,  Mch.  17,  1805    .Fiily    7,  1878 

1813  Anim,  1808 

181 1  Woodlmll,  Apr.  25,  1811 


MarrlMl  or  ItciiiHrkii. 
1838    Nov.  «.  1802. 


1815  Kli/,iil)cth, 


irr«. 


I).  Woodlmll  Conklin. 


June  8,  1884. 


John  B.  Jervis,  Di'c.  14,  1705 

1816  Cynthia  Brny- 

toii,  1808    May  14,  1839 

1  child. 

1817  infant daughtcr.May     9,1839    May     9,  18!{9 

3d  wife. 

1818  Eliza  H.Coatt's,  Sept.  14,  1810  Jime  18,  1840. 


John  B.  Jkrvis. 

From  an  able  and  interesting  memoir  of  American  Kngineers, 
prepared  for  the  Society  of  American  Civil  Engineers  by  John  B. 
Jervis,  we  are  permitted  to  make,  for  this  work,  an  abstract,  show- 
ing the  b(!ginning,  progress,  and  results  of  his  eminent  services  in 
his  profession. 

The  first  exp(n-ience  of  Mr.  Jervis  was  upon  the  Erie  Canal, 
which  was  conunenced  in  Novemljer,  1817,  in  Rome,  where  his 
father,  Timothy  Jervis,  resided.  A  party  of  engineers  came  there 
to  locate  the  line.  As  it  led  thiou^h  a  cedar  swaniji,  Judge 
Wright,  the  Chief  Engineer,  called  uu  the  father  of  young  Jervis, 
who  was  then  only  twenty-two  years  of  age,  for  two  axemen. 
Young  Jervis  was  one  of  them.  He  was  under  the  charge  of 
N.  S.  Roberts,  and  the  zeal  he  manife^i'M;  and  his  duty  so  promptly 
and  readily  performed,  at  once  g«i>i  d  the  approval  of  his  principal. 
In  this  employment  his  ••'•    ition  was  drawn  to  the  study  of  the 

oppoitunity  to  learn  their  use 

he  could  handle  them  under- 

■me  an  engineer.     Aware  that 

i       iication,  this,  at  first,  '  :,  feared 

his  mastering  the  mysteries  of  engineer- 


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standingly,  a        't- 

he  had  bn'  iiimon 

might  stand  ii;    he  way 

ing,  but  he  soon  d^tei    lined  to  underi^^^ake  it,  feeling  that  ''what 

others  had  done,  he  'ould  do." 

At  the  end  of  his  service  as  axeman,  'i.         lired  of  the  principal 


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what  he  would  give  him  for  his  services  the  next  year.  The 
prompt  reply,  "Twelve  dollars  per  month,"  surprised  him,  but 
with  some  trepidation  the  olTer  was  accepted,  when  his  evenings 
and  leisure  time  were  devoted  to  the  stiidy  of  surveying,  this  being 
considered,  at  that  time,  the  basis  of  civil  engineering.  On  the 
18th  of  April,  1818,  he  left  Rome,  on  foot,  in  company  with  a 
locating  party  of  about  twelve  p(>rsons,  with  a  conveyance  for  their 
baggage  and  tents',  all  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Roberts.  After 
a  muddy  journey,  they  pitched  their  tents  at  Geddysburgh,  near 
Syracuse.  Early  in  July,  the  location  was  completed  to  the  Seneca 
river,  at  Montezuma.  In  three  months,  he  had  risen  from  an  axe- 
man to  the  position  of  a  regular  rod  man.  They  returned  home 
and  disbanded  in  July. 

From  Utica  to  Montezuma,  the  work  of  the  middle  division  had 
been  mostly  put  under  contract,  and  resident  engineers  were 
appointed  to  direct  the  work.  Mr.  Jcrvis  was  assigned  to  take 
charge  of  a  section  of  seventeen  miles  in  Madison  and  Onondaga 
counties,  under  the  supervision  of  David  S.  Bates,  who  was  only 
a  good  land  surveyor,  but  who  soon  allowed  him  to  run  the  levels. 
At  the  close  of  the  woi'king  season  that  year,  he  was  sent  to  the 
quarries  to  weigh  lock-stones  for  the  canal. 

The  following  year  he  was  made  resident  engineer  of  Mr.  Bates's 
division,  at  a  salary  of  $1.25  per  day,  and  $50  expenses.  This 
was  considered  as  (|uite  satisfactory,  as  the  employment  was  but 
about  nine  months  in  the  year. 

The  population  of  New  York,  at  that  time,  was  hut  1,250,000, 
and  a  large  part  of  the  State  was  a  wilderness.  The  inhabitants 
were  mainly  occupicnl  in  clearing  the  forests,  draining  the  lands, 
and  constructing  mills,  houses,  etc  ,  for  their  own  u«e.  To  them, 
the  financial  difliiculties  of  the  canal  appeared  insurmountable,  and 
by  men  of  intelligence,  fears  were  entertained  that  it  would  sink 
the  State  in  irretrievable  ruin. 

The  aid  of  the  Federal  Government  was  sought,  but  without 
81  •  .ess.  Mr.  Jefferson  replied  to  Mr.  Joshua  Fourmau,  who  was 
the  commissioner  to  ^\^ishington,  "  We  an;  trying  in  vain  to  get 
Congress  to  help  build  a  canal  in  this  city  but  three  miles  long, 
and  now  you  ask  us  to  aid  you  in  building  a  canal  three  hundred 
miles  long  through  a  wild(;rness.  Preposterous!  "  Undaunted, 
however,  by  this  repulse,  the  State  of  New  York  entered,  single- 
handed,  upon  the  construction  of  the  ICrie  and  Champlain  canals, 
and   under  a  financial  system,  carried  out  the  work  with  such 


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iiitepjrity  tbat  thoir  five  per  cent,  bonds  were  at  a  premium  of  fif- 
teen per  cent. 

At  the  Rome  summit,  there  was  a  level  of  sixty  miles,  which, 
from  its  length,  was  regarded  by  eiigiiuiers  as  too  difiicult  to  con- 
struct, but  this  long  level  was  tested  by  Mr.  Canvass  White,  the 
principal  assistant  engineer,  and  found  to  be  correct,  much  to  the 
credit  of  the  young  engiiuHM-s.  Trior  to  this  period,  a  few  small 
canals  had  been  made  to  pass  falls  and  rapids,  as  at  Middlesex, 
Mass.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  with  a  few  others  for  bateau  boats  of  ten 
or  fifteen  tons. 

When  the  preliminary  surveys  were  made,  in  1816,  by  the  Hon- 
orable iienjamin  Wright,  James  (>eddes,  and  John  Brodhead  for 
the  Erie,  and  Lewis  (iai'vin  for  the  Cluunplain  canal,  the  State 
entered  upon  the  construction  of  these  works.  Mr.  Wright  was 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Erie,  and  Mr.  Geddes  of  the  Ohamplain 
canal.  Mr.  Canvass  White  was  the  assistant  of  Mr.  Wright,  and 
to  him  WPS  committed  the  preparation  of  plans  and  methods  of 
construction,  -"hich  he  did  with  consummate  skill,  and  they  were 
received  with  great  satisfaction  by  his  chief. 

The  middle  section  was  essentially  completed  at  the  close  of  1819, 
but  nearly  all  of  the  year  1820  was  spent  to  fit  it  for  use,  and  this 
trust  was  committed  to  Mr.  Jervis.  This  was  his  third  year's 
experience,  and  without  an  advance  of  salary. 

in  the  spring  of  1821,  a  section  of  seventeen  miles  from  the  Nose 
to  Arasterdain  was  assigned  to  him,  involving  greater  difficulties 
than  the  middle  section.  This  division  and  the  greater  part  of 
the  section  between  Utica  and  Schenectady  was  substantially  com- 
pleted at  the  close  of  1822.  Still,  as  on  the  middle  section,  much 
remained  to  be  done,  and  this  labor  was  assigned  to  Mr.  Jervis, 
and  navigation  was  opened  successfully  in  September,  1823.  The 
work  was  chiefly  done,  and  the  amounts  settled,  during  the  winter 
of  1823. 

In  the  spring  of  1823,  Mr.  Jervis  was  assigned  to  the  superin- 
tendence of  fifty  miles  fi-om  the  Minden  Dam  to  the  Upper 
Anueduct  across  the  Mohawk.  This  service  was  one  of  valuable 
ex;>  rience.  Hitherto,  the  construction  of  the  work  had  engrossed 
his  attention,  but  now  he  had  the  opportunity  to  see  the  canal  in 
operation.  The  first  year,  he  had  not  the  entire  control  of  the 
canal,  as  some  of  his  brother  residents  had  not  completed  their 
share  of  the  work;  but  the  second  year  found  him  in  full  control 
of  about  one-seventh  of  the  entire  canal,  with  more  expense  than 


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the  general  average  devolving  upon  him.  Weak  points  were 
developed  and  repaired,  and  great  diligence  and  activity  wore 
required  to  keep  up  tlw  navigation  at  an  expense  of  $()()()  per  mile, 
or  $30,000  per  annum.  Unlimited  authority  was  given  to  him  by 
the  Commissioner,  Mr.  Seymour,  who  made  occasional  visits  for 
consulting  freely  on  the  requirements  of  the  works.  No  political 
considerations  interfered.  He  selected  his  foremen,  and  visited 
them  all  twice  a  week.  All  were  under  his  personal  supervision,  and 
no  other  part  of  the  work  exhibited  equal  economy.  In  view  of 
his  expenses  in  the  management  of  this  part  of  the  canal,  it  appears 
a  strange  waste  to  see  subsequent  expenditures  of  three  to  ten 
times  the  amount  for  like  services. 

In  182")  the  (lanal  was  completed,  and  opened  for  navigation  by 
a  magnificent  celebration;  and  in  March,  182."),  Mr.  Jervis's  connec- 
tion with  it  ceased,  with  the  unqualified  approval  and  compliments 
of  the  Commissioner.  Tha  success  of  this  grand  work  caused 
others  of  the  same  kind  to  be  projected,  some  of  which  have 
proved  useless  as  commercial  enterprises. 

Ml-.  Jervis  being  iimbitious  to  engage  in  new  works,  on  the  25th 
of  March,  182.'>,  he  entered  upon  the  Dclawar  and  Hudson  canal, 
intending  to  facilitate  the  transportation  of  coals  from  the  Lacka- 
wana  valley  to  New  York  and  the  valley  of  the  Hudson.  Prelim- 
inary surveys  and  estimates  had  been  made,  and  tlie  mode  of 
construction,  partly  by  canal  and  partly  by  improvements  of  the 
river,  determined  on  at  a  cost  of  .§1,208,000,  but  about  one-half  of 
its  actual  cost.  Mi'.  Wright  was  Chief  Engineer,  and  Mr.  Jervis 
his  principal  assistant,  to  conduct,  under  the  advicii  of  Mr.  Wright, 
all  the  details  of  the  work. 

On  examination  of  the  entire  line,  Mr.  J(>rvis  reported  against 
most  of  the  slack-water  plans,  and  he  was  sustained  l)y  Mr.  Wright; 
the  canal  was  20  feet  at  bottom  and  28  feet  at  top.  The  locks 
were  76  feet  long  and  9  feet  wide  in  the  chamber,  with  a  capacity 
for  boats  of  30  tons.  It  was  106  miles  long,  and  had  110  locks, 
and  was  mostly  completed  in  the  fall  of  1828.  It  was  not 
()])ened  for  )>usiness,  however,  until  the  fall  of  1829.  The  railroad 
from  Carbondale  was  carried  to  the  summit  of  the  mountiun, 
about  three  miles,  by  five  inclined  planes,  worked  by  stationary 
engines.  Passing  the  summit,  a  descent  of  nearly  500  feet  was 
made  in  about  one  mile.  Mr.  Jervis  made  important  improve 
ments  in  the  expense  and  hazard  of  working  these  steep  inclines, 
especially  in  utilizing  atmospheric  pressure  to  control  "he  prepon- 


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deratiiifT  gravity  of  loaded  trains,  and  by  an  ingenious  method, 
wliit^h  is  fully  described  in  his  memoir,  tlu?  complete  success  of 
his  improvements  was  fully  established. 

Near  the  close  of  the  year  1827,  Mr.  Wright  resigned  his  posi- 
tion, Mr.  Jervis  succeeded  him  as  Chief  Engineer,  and  Mr.  R.  F. 
Lord  became  his  assistant.  lender  Mr.  Lord's  administration, 
the  capacity  of  the  canal  was  increased  and  its  business  greatly 
extended. 

In-  May,  1830,  Mr.  Jervis  left  the  Delaware  &  Hudson  Canal 
Company,  except  making  occasional  visits  during  the  ensuing  year. 
He  then  took  the  ai)pointment  of  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Mohawk 
&  Hudson  Railway,  from  Al])any  to  Schenectady.  The  table-land 
of  this  road  was  reached  by  a  sudden  rise  rom  the  Hudson  of  200 
feet,  and  from  the  Mohawk  of  over  100  feet,  over  which  were 
inclined  planes,  woi'ked  by  stationary  engines,  which  were,  a  few 
years  after,  rejected. 

Mr.  Jervis  was  a  member  of  a  commission  who  finally  suboti- 
tnted  a  grade  of  80  feet  from  Albany,  and  of  45  feet  from  Schen- 
ectady. Upon  this  road  he  made  important  improvements  in  the 
construction  of  locomotives,  which  were  of  great  utility.  He  also 
invented  a  new  plan  for  an  engine  for  the  Schenectady  &  Saratoga 
Railroad,  of  which  he  was  (yliief  Engineer.  It  was  sent  to  Eng- 
land and  constructed  by  R.  Stevenson.  This  improvement  has 
been  adopted  un  the  railway  to  the  Pacific,  and  is  now  the  general 
plan  of  American  jo(!omotives. 

I'he  Mohawk  &  Hudson,  also  the  Schenectady  &  Saratoga  R.  R., 
were  completed  in  April,  18.33.  Mr.  Jervis  then  engaged  with  the 
Canal  Commissioners  as  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Chenango  Canal, 
which  is  08  miles  long,  with  100  locks.  Upon  this  canal,  for  the 
fiist  time  in  this  country,  resort  was  had  to  artificial  reservoirs  for 
the  supply  of  its  summit  with  water.  For  this  purpose,  Mr.  Jervis 
(;onstructed  rain-gauges,  and  ascertained,  by  a  careful  series  of 
experiments,  that  40  per  cent,  of  the  rain-fall  could  be  utilized  for 
the  canal. 

During  his  engagement  on  this  work,  the  enlargement  of  the 
Erie  C/anal  was  contemplated,  and  he  was  called  upon  to  make 
surveys  and  estimates  for  this  object  on  the  Eastern  Section,  which 
was  made,  in  1835,  by  Mr.  William  J,  Mc Alpine,  one  of  the  Resi- 
dent Engineers  on  the  Chenango  Canal,  under  the  supervision  of 
Mr.  Jervis.  Though  still  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Chenango,  he 
devoted  much  attention  to  the  proposed  enlargement.     He  pro- 


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posed  many  corrections  of  errors  in  its  original  construction,  wliich 
were  generally  adopted  by  the  Canal  Commissioners.  At  "Little 
Falls"  he  wholly  re-arranged  the  flight  of  "locks." 

In  September,  1836,  he  was  offered  the  position  of  Cliief  Engi- 
neer of  the  Croton  Aqueduct,  and  in  October  following,  he  accepted 
that  trust.  Between  Mr.  William  C.  Bouck  and  Mr.  Jervis,  the 
most  cordial  relations  existed,  and  it  was  with  reluctance  that  Mr. 
Bouck  consented  to  his  leaving  the  Erie  Canal. 

The  appointment  of  Mr.  J(!rvis  upon  the  ('roton  Aqueduct  was 
without  the  least  solicitation  on  his  part,  and  he  at  first  declined  it 
from  motives  of  honoral)le  regard  to  the  feelings  of  Mr.  Douglas, 
who  was  then  acting  as  Chief  Engineer.  Upon  the  full  assurance, 
however,  that  Mr.  Douglas  was  out  of  the  question,  he,  at  the 
earnest  solicitation  of  the  committee,  accepted  the  appointment, 
which  he  regarded  as  professionally  desirable.  He  therefore  re- 
signed his  position  upon  the  Erie  Canal  enlargement,  and  Mr. 
Douglas  was  appointed  Chief  Engineer  in  1835,  and  instructed  to 
proceed  in  its  construction.  His  location  of  the  line  and  his  estab- 
lishment of  the  grade  of  the  aqueduct  were,  in  the  main,  well 
done,  but  none  of  his  plans  for  bridges  and  culverts  were  adopted. 
He  had  been  occupied  about  1 8  months  on  the  work.  All  subse- 
quent plans  and  specifications  were  the  work  of  Mr.  Jervis.  For 
a  description  of  this  magnificent  work,  see  printed  memoir. 

In  the  spring  of  1845,  the  Bostonians  appointed  a  Commission 
of  one  person  from  Philadelphia  and  one  from  New  York  to 
investigate  the  projects  which  had  been  presented  for  a  supply  of 
water  for  that  city. 

Mr.  "Walter  Johnson  of  Philadelphia,  and  Mi*.  Jervis,  were 
selected  as  the  Commission;  and  after  making  general  examina- 
tions, it  became  apparent  that  the  duty  was  essentially  one  of 
engineering,  and  as  Mr.  Johnson  was  not  a  pi'ofessional  engineer, 
Mr.  Jervis  decided  not  to  enter  ui)on  the  service,  unless  the  engin- 
eering was  placed  entirely  under  his  control.  This  decision  was 
received  unfavorably  by  the  Committee  and  Mr.  Johnson;  but  Mr. 
Jervis  tlioixght  "one  poor  general  was  better  in  command  than  two 
good  ones."  He  consented,  howevei-,  at  the  request  of  the  Com- 
mittee, who  regarded  it  as  impoi'tant  to  secure  the  moral  force  of 
two  commissioners,  and  that  Mr.  Johnson  should  sign  the  report 
with  him,  and  be  charged  with  certain  details  that  would  not  con- 
flict with  the  general  engineering.  Under  this  compromise  the 
investigation  progressed  and  the  result  determined. 
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In  the  prosocution  of  this  investigation,  great  efforts  were  made 
to  obtain  his  opinions  as  the  work  progressed,  but  he  persistently 
declined,  from  prudential  motives,  to  givo  any  indication  of  his 
views  until  they  were  expressed  in  his  report,  and  he  here  makes 
an  important  suggestion  to  young  engineers  to  follow  his  example, 
thereby  avoiding  partial  discussions  and  preventing  embarrass- 
ments. Although  the  Committee  failed  in  g»'ttiiig  an  insight  into 
his  views,  and  felt  somewhat  displeased,  they  wci'e,  at  last,  satis- 
fied fully  with  the  course  he  had  pursued  as  being  very  judicious. 
The  report  was  satisfactory,  and  he  was  appointed  Consulting 
EiUgineer  of  the  work,  which  he  held  until  its  completion  in  1848. 

The  next  great  work  in  whicli  he  was  engaged  was  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Hudson  River  Railway,  which,  from  tlie  expense  of  its 
building  and  completion,  with  steam  navigation,  was  generally 
regarded  as  an  enterprise  extremely  hazardous  in  a  commercial 
and  financial  point  of  view. 

In  the  spring  of  1847,  he  was  appointed  Chief  Engineer  of  this 
railway,  and,  in  1849,  the  road  was  opened  for  transportation  as  far 
as  Poughkeepsie.  In  August,  he  resigned  his  position  as  Chief 
Engineer,  but  was  I'etained  as  Consulting  Engineer;  but  finding 
his  views  did  n(^t  harmonize  with  some  of  the  Board,  he  resigned 
his  place  in  1850,  having  no  connection  with  the  work  since. 

Notwithstanding  the  general  opposition  to  this  grand  work,  Mr. 
Jervis,  in  184(3,  published  an  able  article  in  /[nut's  Merchants^  J\/nr/a- 
ziyie.  in  which  he  showed  most  conclusively  that  not  only  on  the 
Hudson,  but  on  other  steamboat  routes,  the  railroad  would  be  a 
successful  competitor.  He  quoted  the  Westminster  Review,  wliich 
says;  "  The  system  is  viewed  as  one  which  mocks  the  age.  Its 
progress  has  startled  the  most  cautious.  Its  developments  are 
revolutionizing  the  social  and  commercial  affairs  of  mankhid." 
Subsequent  events  have  fully  sustained  his  wisdom  in  the  above 
quotation. 

In  the  spring  of  1850,  after  closing  his  connection  with  this 
great  work,  he  went  to  Europe.  While  there,  he  witnessed  the 
launch  of  one  of  the  large  tubes  of  the  bridge  over  the  Menai 
Straits,  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  Stevenson,  and  on  that  occasion 
he  received  from  the  English  engineers  the  cordial  and  respectful 
attentions  wliich  his  reputation  as  an  y\merican  civil  engiiieer 
deserved.  While  on  this  tour,  ho  was  mainly  occupied  with  in- 
specting engineering  works. 

After  an  absence  of  four  months,  he  returned  with  improved 


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DESCENDANTS   OF   .lONATirAN — KIFTII    (IKNKRATION. 


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In 

111 


health,  and  immediately  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  Michi- 
gan  Southern,  and  Northern  Indiana  Railways,  practically  one 
work,  of  about  '24()  miles  in  extent.  Tlie  route  was  favorable,  and 
in  about  ones  y(>ar,  the  line  was  open(>d  to  Chicago. 

During  tiie  summer  of  1851,  he  engaged  as  President  of  tho 
Chicago  &  Rock  Island  Railway,  extending  from  (yhicago  to  the 
Mississipjii  at  Davenport,  a  route  of  180  miles. 

He  next  engaged  in  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  &  (^hicago 
Railway,  486  miles  long,  which  was  in  a  ruinous  ccjndition  from 
imperfect  construction  and  financial  mismanagement.  Under  his 
superintendence,  the  whole  character  of  the  road  was  soon  changed, 
and  became  successful.  lie  resigned  in  1863  or  1864,  but  con- 
tinued  to  act  as  Engineer  until  1866.  This  was  the  last  great 
work  in  which  he  was  actively  engaged. 

From  th(!  rich  and  varied  experience  of  Mr.  Jervis  in  the  con- 
struction and  management  of  so  many  important  works  of  internal 
improvements  for  more  than  half  a  century,  his  instructive  memoir 
closes  with  sagacious  counsel  to  his  professional  brethren  touching 
the  imj)ortance  of  their  honorable  profession,  and  the  principles 
which  should  'control  them  in  the  discharge  of  its  responsil)le 
duties,  and  especially  ui'ges  tlu!  importance  of  engaging  the  best 
engineering  talent  and  skill  in  the  superintendence  as  well  as  in 
the  construction  of  public  works. 

No  wiser  counsel  could  be  given,  and  coming  from  this  eminent 
engineer  of  four  score  years,  they  will  not  be  unheeded  by  the 
members  of  his  profession.  Important  and  enduiing  as  may  be 
the  many  great  works  in  which  he  has  been  engaged,  his  fame  as 
one  of  the  greatest  of  American  engineers  will  outlive  them  all, 
and  the  example  of  his  indomitalile  perseverence  and  energy,  by 
which  he  overcame  all  obstacles  and  raised  himself  to  eminence  in 
his  profession,  will  stand  as  a  beacon-light  to  direct  and  encourage 
the  young  men  of  America  to  emulate  his  example.  "  Per  sever  entia 
vincit  omniay 

Mr.  Jervis  is  the  author  of  two  books,  viz.,  "  Railway  Property," 
and  "The  Question  of  Labor  and  Capital."  The  honorary  degree 
of  LL.D.,  was  conferred  upon  the  Hon.  John  B.  Jervis  of  Rome, 
N.  Y.,  by  Hamilton  College,  on  the  27th  of  June,  1878. 


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188 


0*:80KNDANTH    OF   .KlNATIIAN KIFTII    (IKNKItATION. 


Born. 


Died. 


Married  or  Remarl<B. 


No.  Nnmo. 

SuHiiiiimli  M. 

JerviH,  Jul\    IH,  18()(»    May  21,  1828    June  24,  1817. 

1811)  Samuel  Bcacli,  M.D. 

;i  cliildicn. 

1820  Mloonif'd  JerviH, Jan.  27,  1820  1  son,  Jolm  Bloom- 

fleld,  1..  May  5, 1866. 

1821  Henry  Hyde,  1823  Phy.sician. 

1822  Sanuiel,  1824    Deceased. 

Bloomkii<;i,i)  Jkhvis  Bkach 

Was  born  January  27,  1820.  He  is  the  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  Beach 
and  Susannah  Maria,  daughter  of  Timothy  Jotvis. 

He  was  graduated  at  Princeton  College  in  the  class  of  1842;  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1S43,  and  was  a  member  of  the  New  York 
Assembly  in  1848.  He  has  continued  the  practice  of  law  at  Rome, 
N.  Y.,  to  this  time. 

On  the  organization  of  the  Rome  Savings  Bank,  in  1851,  he  was 
placed  in  the  execmtive  (;liarge  of  the  institution,  and  has  continued 
to  manage  it  to  the  present  time.  It  was  small  in  the  beginning, 
but  under  his  able  and  faithful  management,  it  has  grown,  and 
now  has  over  a  million  dollars  in  deposits,  with  a  surplus  of  nearly 
10  per  cent.  Its  securities  are  regarded  of  the  most  reliable  kind. 
For  about  fifteen  years  it  has  paid  depositors  6  per  cent.  No  Sav- 
ings Rank  in  the  State  has  a  higher  character. 

In  his  profession  as  a  lawyer,  Mr.  Beach  has  few  superiors  in 
the  section  of  the  State  in  which  he  resides. 


<J. 


Timothy  B.  Jer- 
vis,  Feb.  20,  1809 

182;i  Helena  Maria 
Bogart. 
1  child. 

1824  Emily  Jervis,      Dec.  JJO,  1839 

2d  wife. 

1825  Mary  Ann  Har- 

vey, 


Presbyterian  minis- 
ter.    May  30,  1837. 


Oct.  28,  18G9. 
Sept.  26.  1867. 


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DK8C1KNDANTS   OF   .FONATirAX SIXTH    OENKRATION.                189 

irrr. 

I 

No,           Name.                        Born, 

Died. 

Mnrrlod  or  KoinarkH,                                                  l| 

William  Joivis,  Nov.  24.  1813 

June  8,    1841.     Civil                                     '«' 
Engineer. 

182«  Christiana 

Abranis, 

0  children. 

1827  Wm.  Henry,      Mch.  21,  1842 

Apr.  10.  1848 

1828  Kdwanl.              Oft.   29,  1843 

Apr.   12,  1808 

1829  Susanna  M.,       Apr.  19,  1847 

1830  Anna,                 May  24,  1851 

1831  Elizabeth  U.,     .Iniw    9,  1854 

1832  Carrie  D.,           May  23.  1858 

Mch.    2.  1801 

IT 

rs. 

IJenj'n  Franklin 

Jervis,               .July    2.  1810 

Prest.  of  Bank.                                              H 

1833  Louisa  M. 

Chandler, 

Aug.  19,  1840.                                               H 

1  child. 

1834  John  Bloomfield 

Jervis,              Dec.  28,  1850 

Mch.    9.  1809 

0th  Generation. 

irt>3. 

No.          Name.                      Born. 

Died. 

Married  or  Reniarkg. 

Jonathan  Jarvis,  Apr.    1,  1802 

May  28,  1829. 

1835  Ann  West, 

of  N.  J. 

2  children. 

1830  Sarah  W.,           Mch.    2.1832 

1837  Emulus,              Aug.  10,  1835 

Mch.  8,  1858,  Louisa 
Casine  of  Brooklyn. 

1  ro.^. 

Philetus  C. 

Jarvis,               Dec.     1,  1800 

May  17,  1H30.                                                | 

1838AlmedaB.  Scud- 

der,                   June  18,  1800 

8  children. 

1839  Marg't  Scuddcr.Mch.  13,  1832 

Jan.     2,  1835 

1840  Cornelia  E.,        P\'b.     3,1834 

Jan.    13.  1835 

1841  Marg't  Cornelia.  June  13,  1830 

June  10.  1844 

1842  SelucasLeaudcr,()ct.  24,  1838 

1843  Joseph  rcay,        Nov.    5,1843 

II 

1844  Mervale  Philet'isMch.  24,  1840 

July  18,  1850 

1845  WilmerE.,         Nov.    2,1847 

Jiuie  25,  1850 

1                     1840  Fred  M.,             Aug.    2,  1852 

Dee.  19,  1852 

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DESCENDANTS    «>K   .H (NATHAN — KIXTII    OKNEHATION. 


I'llll-ETUH   C.    JaKVIS, 

Tho  subject  of  this  Hkotch  in  a  native  oftho  town  of  Huntington, 
having  been  born  tluu'o  on  Doct'inbor  I,  18(M5.  lie  is  u  sclf-nuuie 
man,  and  has  worked  hi.s  way  in  life  up  from  th.i  liun)blest  bugin- 
ning.  At  tli"  age  of  ten  years,  lie  connrK^necnl  to  w<h'1<  on  a  farm, 
and  continued  for  six  years,  in  the  8umeoccu|)ation,  receiving  only 
his  board  and  clothing  in  payment  for  his  labor.  In  1822,  he  first 
commenced  to  go  upon  coasting  vessels  at  wages  of  four  dollars  per 
month.  After  a  service  of  seven  years,  in  various  capacities,  upon 
vessels,  he  took  charge  of  one,  as  Captain  and  part  ovviKsr,  and 
since  that  time  (1829)  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  coasting  and 
carrying  trade. 

Mr.  Jarvis  has  been  known  to  tho  community  as  a  business  man 
of  uitegrity,  ever  since  he  began  the  coasting  trade,  and  has  a  large 
acquaintance  with  the  merchants  and  farmers  of  the  town  of  Hunt- 
ington, for  whom  he  has  transacted  a  large  busint'ss.  He  was 
married  May  1 8,  18;{(),  to  Almeda  15.  Scudder,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Scudder.  He,  with  his  two  sons,  S.  Lee,  and  Joseph  R.  Jarvis, 
still  conducts  a  freight  business  between  Huntington  and  New 
York  City,  employing  two  vessels.  Mr.  Jarvis  is  highly  esteemed 
among  the  people  of  his  native  town,  as  a  good  citizen  and  an  up- 
right mail. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Remarkti. 

Emulus  Jarvis,   Sept.  80,  1815 
1847  Ur.silla  Maria 
Brown. 

2  children. 

1849  ITattic  L.  Jarvis.Sept.  28,  1857 

1850  LillicF.  JurvLs,  Sept.    5,  18«1 


OO. 


Wm.  II.  Jarvi.s,  Sept.  25,  1818 


Nov.  12,  1845. 


i 


1851  MarthaP.Hunce,  Apr.  16,  1820     Feb.     7,1868 
5  children. 

Mch.  24,  1847 
Aug.  24.  1855 
Juno  29,  1858 
\ug.  21,  1861 
June  13,  1805 


1852  Emma  M. , 

1853  Mary  E., 

1854  Annie  E., 

1855  Susan  R., 

1856  Martha  P., 


ItKSfKNDANTS    (IK    .KiNATIIAN — HIXTII    (iKNKUATIDN, 


l!)l 


I  tsoo. 


Nc 


NniiK" 


Knl'li. 


DIimI. 


Miirrlud  or  RomorkH. 


.loliii  l{.  Jiiivis,  .luiif  1((.  \H2\     Apr.   Ml,  ISdl     1S41. 


1H57  Kli/iilM'tli  'rowiiHcnd. 

4  cliildrcii. 
iHnH  Will.  il.  .Iiiivis,  \nfr,  ;tt,  1H|;{     Mdi.     1,  1,S(U     Dic.l  in  miny  iil  Dii- 


vid'.s  l.sliiiid. 


iwr.l)  Almini,  ()(;t.      7,  184r» 

iHdO  .Mary  Aim,  Nov.  11»,  1850 

l«(Jl  Hariili  Adelaide,  May     K,  1857 


1  MOM. 

David  .larvls,      Dec.     H,  171»t     Ndv.  2'2,  18«7 
18«3  Charity  Wliil- 

iiian,  Ist,  wife,  Aiij?.  11,  171)4    Feb.    ii,  ISiW     .Meli.  4,  1815. 
1H0;J  SophiiiOdell.Sdwife,  Sept.  8i>,  1874     .'\Icli.  5,  18.14. 

(S  cliildreii. 

1804  Experience,         May     8,  1817 

1805  Ainandu,  Jan.    IH,  181» 
18(10  WilletU,  Apr.   IK,  1831 

INOT  I'lutlie,  Aug.  Ill,  1825  1H(U 

1808  Kniily,  July  31,  1880 

180i»  Charity,  Nov.  20,  1831     .huw  111,  1873 


Carlton  JarvLs,  Mch.  17,  1805    July     7,  1878 

1870  Su.saiiiiii  lOveritt,  1800    Feb.   10,  1870 

5  ehildreu. 

1871  Henry,  Nov.  31,  1834 

1872  Phebe  A.,  July  10.  18:50 

1873  David  U.,  Apr.  38,  1828 

1874  G(!or<,'c  E.,  Dec.  14,  1834 

1875  Phebe  A.,  Dec.   10,  1837 


>■■:!  i 


Woodhiiil  .lar- 

vis,                    xVpr.  35,  1811 
1870  Su.sanuah  Hew- 
lett,                  June    7,  1812 
0  children. 

1877  Eliza  Ann,           Dec.  0,  1833 

1878  Mary  Franee.s,    Apr.  37,1835    Nov., 
187!)  Johii  Hewlett,    Dec.  35,  1830 
1880Tlio.VVoo(lliull,  Fob.  6,  1840 

1881  Eb.  N().strand,     Aug.    9,  1843 
1883  MaryAnnSusau,Oct.    11,  1847 


D(!c.  4,  1833. 


1835 
1835 

Dec.  4,  1850. 
1803    Nov.  4,  1803,  Sarah 
iioger.s. 

Dec.  8,  1805,  John  H. 
Colyer. 


192  nKSC'KNDANTS    OK    JONATHAN SKVKNTll    (IKNKUATION. 


18S4. 

No.           Name. 

Born.                         Died. 

Married  or  Ut  nmrliR. 

Emily  Jervis, 

Dec.  ;]0,  1830 

Oct.  38,  1869. 

1883  Robert  B.  Vail. 

1  child. 

1884  K.  C.  Vail, 

July  12.  1873 

7tu  ({kneuation. 

1S4«. 

No.           Name. 

Born.                       Died. 

Married  or  Reniarlte 

Selucas  L.  Jar- 

vis, 

Oct.    34,  1838 

Apr.  10,  1869. 

1885  Jeiimc  U.  Brant. 

4  children. 

1886  Jennie  Lee,         Aug.    8,  1869 

1887  Percy,  Mch.  14,  1870 

1888  Gracie,  Jan.     3,  1873 

1889  Frederick,  Aug.  11,  1875 


|l"( 


is 

it 


IS!!^43. 


Josephlt.Jarvis.Nov.    5,  1843 

1890  Emily  A.  Hor- 

ton,  Dec.  10,  1844 

2  children. 

1891  Philet's  Horton.Sopt.  11,  1870 
^892Luella,  Nov.  11,  1875 


Sept.  U,  186V. 


isro. 


John  II.  Jarvis,  Dec.  35,  1836 

1893  Elizii  Pluce. 

5  chililren, 

1894  Edgar  Hewlett,  Dec.  38.  1857 

1895  Philo  Piice,        July  18,  1864 

1896  Anna  Aus;iHta,  Sept.  34,  1H66 

1897  Woodhu'.l.  July  14,  1869 

1898  John  Colyer.       May  30,  1873 


Dec.  4,  1856. 


1874 


I 
I 


1  »»  1  . 

Ebene/cr  Nos- 
tnind  Jarvis,     Aug.    9,  1843 

1899  Elizabeth  Rogers. 

3  children. 

1900  Su.mn  Mary  Ann,  Sept.  1,  1869 
•  iVil  Thos.  Woodhull.Seiil.  3,  1872 
A,  >)2  Hannah,  Oct.    14,  1874 


DE8CENUANT8   OF    NATllANIKL SKOUND   GENEKATION. 


193 


i  m 


DESCENDANTS  OF  NATHANIEL  JARVTH 
IsT  Genekation. 

Die- 


No.  Nami!.  Born. 

1903  Nalh'u'l  Jarvis,  •  Sept.    i),  1   *3  1778 

lt>04  Phebe  Allen,      Jane  39,  1753    Nov.  13,  1795 

4  children. 
1905  Sarah,'' 
1900  Ph(Bbe, 


Married  or  Remarkv. 
176-. 


1907  Nathaniel, 

1908  Mary, 


Fel).  30,  1770    Aug.  19,  1857 

Apr.   13,1772    Jan.    30,  .851     Benj.  Holmes.   2  sons 

ard  1  dauj^hter. 
Sept.    9,1775    Jan.      1,1840    No     11,1798. 
Aug.    4,  1787    Mch.  29,  1853 


3d  Genekation. 


No.           Name. 

Born. 

Died. 

Married  or  Rcniarlvs 

Nathau'l  Jarvis 

Sept.    9, 

1775 

Jan. 

1. 

1840 

Nov.  11,  1798. 

10  children. 

1909  Ednumd  Allen, 

Oct.     8, 

1799 

Oct. 

29, 

1837 

1910  Nathan  St  urges 

,Mch.  25, 

1801 

May 

13, 

1803 

1854. 

19J1  Pierre]  lumphv 

,Fel).  13, 

1803 

May 

10, 

1S74 

Jane  30.  1828. 

1913  Nathaniel, 

Sept.  20, 

1805 

1913  Mary  Ogden, 

Sept.  29, 

1807 

F.O). 

11, 

18:4 

1914  William, 

Dec.  23, 

1809 

A  p.     .,  1838. 

1915  Ph(el)e  Francis 

Mch.    4, 

1813 

July  7,  1843. 

191G  Jeannette, 

Feb.  27, 

1815 

Feb. 

20, 

i8i.: 

Feb.  19,  1834. 

1917  RenjamiM  11., 

Jan.    10, 

1818 

Apr. 

29, 

in 

Dec.  24,  1840. 

1918  Samuel  M., 

Oct.     9, 

1833 

4  or  5  children. 
Laredo,  Te.\as. 

Re^ 


Cai'T.  Nathaniel  Jahvis 

Was  born  at  Huntin<fton,  L.  i.,  September  9,  1775.  Soon  after 
his  birtli,  hi,-;  father  entered  the  Hevohitionary  army,  and  became  a 
Lieutenant  in  the  Second  N.  Y.  liejijimeiit.  He  served  in  most  of 
the  contests  on  Long  Island  and  New  Jersey,  and  linally  died,  in 


'  Married,  at  Huntingion,  L.  1. .  eldest  daughter  Dr.  Samuel  Allen. 
Died  at  Valley  Forge,  Penn. ;  was  Lieutenant  3d  N.  Y.  Regiment  of  the 
Continental  army;  had  been  two  years  in  .service. 

'■^  Married  Rev.  J.  R.  Matthias,  Metho'^■     clergyman.     Large  family. 

2r> 


194 


DESCENDANTS    OF    NATUANIKl- — THIKI)    UENEKATION. 


the  winter  of  1777,  at  V^ alley  Forge,  where  General  Washington 
had  taken  up  winter  quarters. 

His  widow,  with  her  little  ones,  after  enduring  great  liardships 
and  privations  at  Huntington,  which  was  then  in  the  possession  of 
a  party  of  British  troops,  moved  to  New  York,  where  the  subject 
of  our  sketch  grew  up  to  manhood  with  the  growing  city,  and 
became  identified  with  its  interests. 

For  upwards  of  thirty  years,  he  sailed  as  master  of  a  vessel  on 
the  Hudson  rivei-,  and,  consequently,  becanu^  well  known  to  trav- 
ellers on  that  much  frequented  route. 

Captain  Jarvis's  life  furnishes  us  an  example  of  what  may  be 
done  by  patient  industry  and  frugality,  in  connection  with  Christian 
principles.  When  he  commenced  business  he  was  poor,  but  in  the 
lapse  of  years  he  acquired,  if  not  an  independence  vt  ease  and 
competence.  He  was  a  director  in  several  New  Yu..:.  banks  and 
insui'ance  companies,  and,  in  1831,  was  sent  to  the  State  legislature 
as  a  representative  from  that  city. 

For  a  number  of  years,  he  was  associated  with  many  of  its 
benevolent  institutions,  and  was,  for  a  long  time,  connected  with 
the  Missionary  Society  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  of  wliich  denomina- 
tion he  was  an  active  and  influential  member. 

A  kind  husband,  an  afl'ectionate  parent,  a  consistent  Christian 
gentleman,  ho  lived  to  see  most  of  his  children  grown  up  around 
him,  and  some  of  them  filling  offices  of  trust  and  respc -'.sibility 
among  their  fellow  citizens.  And  when,  in  the  fullness  of  time, 
the  final  summons  came,  he  sank  peacefully  to  rest,  full  of  years 
and  honor. 


3d  Generation. 


1  f>01>. 


No.  Name. 

E(hninul  Allen 

Jarvis, 
1919  Eliza  Crissey. 

;5  childrcu. 
W20  Nathiuiiel. 
1921  Mary  Frances. 
1923  Emma  Jiinc. 


Bom. 


Died. 


Married  or  Remarks. 


Oct.     8,  1799    Oct.    29,  18;{7 


DESCHfNDANTS   OF    NATltANlEL — THIRD   GENEHATION. 


195 


T)- 


!■,    1 


lOlO. 


No.  Name. 

Niitlian  Sturges 

Jarvis, 
Mrs.  Jaue  B. 
Miimfoitl.' 
3  children. 
1923  Wm.  C, 
1924Edmuud  A., 
1935  Nathan  S., 


Born. 


Dioa. 


Married  or  Remai'is. 


';l 


Mch.  25,  1801     May   12,  1S62    1854. 


May  13,  1855 
Jan.  22,  1858 
June  30,  1860 


Surgeon  Nathan  S.  Jabvis, 

Son  of  Natlianiel  Jarvis,  was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York,  in  1801. 
At  an  early  age  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  ofiBce 
of  Dr.  Valentine  Mott,  the  celebrated  surgeon.  Having  received 
his  degree  from  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  he  was, 
for  a  short  time,  on  duty  at  the  College  Hospital.  He  commenced 
the  practice  of  medicine  in  Ithaca.  N.  Y.  In  183;^,  he  received 
his  appointment  to  the  position  of  assistant  surgeon  in  the  army, 
and  was  stationed,  for  a  number  of  years,  at  l<'ort  Snelliug,  on  the 
Upper  Mississ^'ijpi.  He  here  first  interested  himself  in  the  Indian ; 
studied  their  habits  and  customs,  and  sent  several  valuable  com- 
munications in  regard  to  them  to  the  iV.  )".  Spirit  of  the  Times. 
In  the  Mexican  War.  lie  was  on  General  Zachary  Taylor's  staff, 
and  actively  participated  in  several  battles,  among  others,  those  of 
Palo  Alto,  Eesaca,  and  Monterey;  and  was  afterwards  stationed 
on  the  Mexican  frontier.  He  also  served  in  the  Florida  and  Black 
Hawk  wai"s. 

D'.'.  Jarvis  was  a  constant  contributor  to  several  literary  and 
scientific  journals.  Among  his  papers  we  find  letters  from  Pro- 
fessor Agassiz,  Spencer  F.  Baird,  and  others,  in  regard  to  scientific 
subjects.  His  collections  of  Mexican  and  Indian  curiosities  were 
deposited  with  the  N.  Y.  Historical  Society,  of  which  he  was  a 
member.  We  subjoin  an  extract  from  tlie  resolutions  adopted  by 
the  Society  after  his  death. 

"  Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Dr.  N.  S.  Jarvis,  for  many  years 
an  eminent  surgeon  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  the  Historical  Society  of 
New  York  deplore  the  loss  of  a  distinguished  associate  and  corre- 
sponding member,  to  whom  it  has  been  largely  indebted  for 
numerous  and  valuable  contributions.'" 


I't 


1  (>randdiiu";l)ti'r  of  llic  liilc  Kiv.  .lohn  Stanford. 


rr 


196 


DESCEKDANTH   OK    NATllANIKI- — Till  HI)   GENEKATION. 


At  the  commencomont  of  the  late  wai,  Dr.  Jarvis,  having  received 
the  appointment  of  Medical  Director  of  the  Department  of  Marj 
land,  was  ordered  from   San    Antonio,  Texas,  to   Baltimore,  and. 
shortly  afterward,  in    ISG2,  died  of  a  disease  contracted  while  on 
duty  in  the  South. 

Following  are  some  of  the  remarks  made  by  Dr.  Josiah  Simpson, 
at  a  meeting  of  the  Medical  Department  of  Maryland,  convened  in 
consequence  of  the  death  of  Dr.  Jarvis: 

"In  social  intercourse,  he  was  sprightly  and  entertaining;  in  his 
attachment,  generous  and  constant;  in  his  daily  transactions  with 
the  world,  punctilious  and  lionorable.  As  a  sui'geon,  his  ability 
was  unquestioned,  and  he  ever  acquitted  himself,  both  in  the  execu- 
tive and  professional  relations  of  his  position,  with  marked  urbanity 
of  manner,  a  keen  sense  of  honor,  and  a  conscientious  regard  to 
truth  and  Justice. 

"  C^uis  (lesiderio  sit  pudor  m:\  modus 
Tiim  cari  capitis?  " 

In  18G3,  the  following  circular  was  issued  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment: 

"Baltimore,  March  lilst. 

"  Whereas  it  is  inconsistent  and  inappropriate  that  a  military 
institution  established  by  the  National  Government,  and  devoted 
to  the  care  of  its  sick  and  vs^ounded,  should  be  called  by  a  name 
that  is  now,  and  must  hereafter  be,  preeminent  in  its  association 
with  rebels  and  rebellion.  It  is  hereby  announced  that,  from  this 
date,  the  United  States  General  Hospital  known  as  Stewart's  Man- 
sion, shall  be  designated  as  the  "Jarvis  General  Hospital,"  in 
tribute  to  the  late  Surgeon  N.  S.  Jarvis,  U.  S.  Army,  Medical 
Director  of  this  Department,  the  memory  of  whose  virtues  as  a 
man,  and  excellence  as  an  oflBcer,  has  not  died  with  him." 

(Signed)  "Josiah  Simpson." 

As  a  tribute  of  respect  to  this  eminent  physician,  on  the  day  of 
his  funeral,  General  Dix  ordered  out  four  companies  of  the  Third 
New  York  Infantry,  who  escorted  the  remains  to  the  railway 
dc'pot,  preparatory  to  their  removal  to  their  last  resting-place. 


Born. 


1  i>  1  1  . 

Died. 


Married  or  ReniarkB. 


No.  Name. 

Pierre  lluinpli- 
rey  Jarvis,        Feh.   t:^,  lH(Ki     May    10,1874    June  30,  1838. 
:>  cliildreii. 


UilSCENDANTS    OK    NATIIANIKI, TIIIUD    OENEUATION. 


197 


No.  Name. 

1926  Phebe. 

1937  Francos. 

1938  Mary  Louise. 


Bom. 


Died. 


Married  or  ReinnrkB. 


lOlJi. 


Nathan'l  Jarvis,  Sept.  3«,  1805 
1  child. 
1929  .Tosepliine, 

1014. 


A.  llolahan.  N.  Y. 
Apr.  4,  18:58. 


William  Jarvis,  Dec.  33,  1809 

*  Eunice  B.  INIorgan. 

13  children. 

*  Sarah  Eloisa,      Jan.    18,  1839    May     9,  1848 
19:K)  Jean'ttc  White,  Feb.,        1844 

1931  James  Moigan,  Sept.,       184(i  Nov.  7,  1878,  to  Ann 

F.  Carpenter, 

1982  Eunice  Morgan,  Mch. ,       1848  Dec.  20,  18(56,  to  S.  R. 

Sherwood. 

1933  Nathan  Sturgcs,  Dec. ,        1849 

1934Eloiaa,  Feb.,        1853 


1935  E'.i/abeth, 


Mch. 


1936  Mary  Frances,    Nov. , 

*  Edmund  Allen,  Feb., 

*  Rebecca,  Mch. , 
19;i7  Alice  Maud,        Jan., 


1854  Nov.  37, 1878,  to  John 

Albiirtis. 
1856 

1858  Apr.  32,  1858 

1859  Dead. 
1863 


*Susann'hPcnn,  Nov.,       1867    Jan.   37,  1868 

10  1  -r. 

Benj.  IT.  Jarvis,  Jan.   10,  1818    Apr.  39,  1858    Dec.  24,  1846. 
'5  childreu. 
1.938  Benja.iim. 
19^9  Cordelia. 
1940  Mary. 


*The  above  names  were  received  after  all  tlii'  records  had  been  num- 
bered. « 


'/ ,       '. 


t  > 


?^ 


198 


DKftCKNDANTH    OF   MOSES — HKCOND    OENKHATION. 


I 


I 


t 


DESCENDANTS  OF  MOSES  JARVIS. 
IsT  Generation. 

No.  Name.  Bom.  Died.  Married  or  Roinarks. 

1941  Moses  Jiirvis,'  Nov.  37,  1749    Feb.   11,  1823    Mch.  29,  1773. 
1943  Phd'lH' Wicks,  Oct.    11,1751     J.iri.    14,1814 

11  cliikircn. 
1943  Mat ilcla  Jane,   Dec.  25,  1773    June  38,  1801    Nov.,   1799,   to   John 

lloss. 
April   4,  1774    June  33,  1852    Sept.  20, 1796;  Jan.  39, 

1808;  April  17, 1817. 
Feb.   11,  1775    Feb.   14,  1776 
May  18,  1777    April  30,  1844    Apr.  33,  1803;  Auff.l8, 

181o. 
Nov.  18,  1779    Aug.  29,  1857    July  5,  1807. 
Jan.    27,  1783    Aug.  35,  1849    Oct.  ;31,  1799,  to  Mat- 
thias Lull. 
Feb.     4,  1784    Sept.    2,  1839    May  17, 1808,  to  Moses 

Roff. 

1950  Joseph  Wicks,  Mch.  13,  1786    Oct.      4,1810 

1951  Elizabeth  2(1,    Aug.    5,  1788    Aug.  31,  1789 

1952  Ilervey,  Nov.    1,  1790    Sept.    3,  1792 

1953  Eli/abeth  3(1,    April  5,  1792    Jan.    21,1848    Joseph  Falconer. 

2d  wife. 

1954  Mary  Bears,  Nov.  20, 1815;  widow, 

sister  of  first  wife. 


1944  James, 

1945  Elizabeth, 

1946  Moses,  Jr., 

1947  Richard,^ 

1948  Mary, 

1949  Phoebe, 


2d  Genkhation. 
1044. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

Fames  Jarvis,    April  4,  1774    June  32,  1852    Sept.  26,  1796. 

1955  iJetsey  Mott,     April  25,  1770    May  29,  1803 

1  child. 

1956  Phd'be,  Sept.    3,  1799 

3d  wife. 

1957  Elizabeth  Smith,  July  37.  1815    Jan.  39,  1803. 

10  children. 

1958  Caroline,  Nov.  12,  1803    Mch.  33,  1805 

1959  Caroline  Eliza,  May     7,1805    Aug.  14,  1873 
19(i0  Amelia  Ann,     May  33,  1806 

1961  James,  Dec.  13,  1807    Oct.    23,  1846 

'  1778,  Moses  Jarvis  .shot  a  Ilessian  from  his  window. 
^Ist  wife,  Sally  i{ose;  3d  wife.  Widow  Koll. 


i 


I)E8CKNl)ANTrt    OK    M()HK8 — TJIIHD   OKNKKATION. 


1!)!) 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Miirrlod  or  Romarks. 

1!)63  Win.  Alfred,  Mcb.  39,  1801)  July   35,  181 1 

1903  Ali^'non  Syd'y,  July     4,  1810 

1904  Anirdiim,  July  ;50,  1811 

l»(i5  (ieoige  Wni..  Oct.     4,1813  July   17,1853 

1906  Ellzuboth,  April  30.  1814  May     3,  1840 

1967  Jos.  Ethvard,  May     1,  1815  April  11,  1800 

3d  wife. 

1968  Anna  Cook,  Feb.     8,1853    Apr.  17,  1817;  widow. 

3  (bildreu. 

l!)(i!)  Kob'l  .Milucr,  Sept.  14,  1818  Oct.    33,  1839 

1970  lAIoscs  Ricb'd,  Jan.   33,  1834  Feb.     7,  1830 

1 04<*. 

Moses  Jurvis, 
Jr.,  May  18,  1777    April 31,  1844    April  33,  1803. 

1971  Maiy  Brown,    June  17,  1783    Oct.    15,  1811 

4  cbildrcn. 

1973  Matil.Mebit'bel,Sept.  9,  1803    July   11,  1850    Mcb.  17, 1831,  to  Piatt 

L.  Wicks. 
1973  Jlary  Wicks,    Oct.     5,  1805  1803    Nov.  1,  1830,  to  Major 

Cook. 
i  Nov.  10,  1831. 
"/  Oct.  33,  1844. 
1975  Jos.  Wicks,       Oct.    17,  1810    Sept.  18,  1843 

3d  wile. 
1970  Ilan'b  Fowler,  June  31,  1785    Jan.    11,  1830    Aug.  18,  1813. 
3  cbildren. 

1977  Ilan'b  Fowler,  Jan.    13,1810    Dec.   13,  1844    June  39,  1841,  to  Wm. 

W.  Clark. 

1978  Elizabetb,         June  38,  1817    June  30,  1801 

3d  wife. 

1979  Mary  Fowler,  Sept.  11,  1780    Dec.     8,  1800    Mcb.  34,  1831. 

1  cbild. 

1980  Pbujbe  Deborah, Apr.25, 1833    July  13,  1833 


1974  Moses  West,'    Oct.    10,1807 


No.  Name. 

Algernon  S. 

Jarvis,  July    4,  1810 

1981  Natbalia  Pearce,* 

1  cbild. 
1983  Helen  Pearce,  Feb.     7,  1875 


3n  Genekation. 

ioe3. 

Born.  Died. 


Married  or  Remarlis. 


Feb.  10,  1870. 


'  1st  wife,  Susan  Ann  Crispin;  2d  Avife,  Frances  F.  Waters. 

•'  Miss  Pearce  was  tbe  daugbter  of  Nutbaniel  Pearce,  of  ^larylaud. 


200 


DKSOKNDANTB   OK    NATIIANIKI, 


KOONI)   OKNKKATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  NATHANIEL  JARVIS. 

In  the  interesting  and  admirabio  "History  of  the  Life  and  'I'imes 
of  William  Jarvis,  better  known  as  Consul  Jarvis,  of  Vermont," 
written  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Popperrell  Si)arhawk  Ciitts, 
we  learn  that  the  first  settlers  of  their  branch  by  the  name  of 
Jarvis  in  tliis  country  was  Capt.  Nathaniel  Jarvis,  who  was  born 
in  "Wales,  and  had  commanded  a  ship,  for  several  years,  between 
Bristol,  England,  and  the  Lsland  of  Jamaica. 

In  the  latter  place  he  married  the  widow  of  a  rich  planter,  gave 
up  his  seafaring  life,  came  to  Huston  in  IGOS  (some  traditions  say 
in  1654)  with  his  wife,  settled  there,  and  became  a  prosp(;rous  mer- 
chant and  inducntial  citizen.  Not  long  after  this,  two  of  his 
brothers  came  from  England,  and  tradition  .says  that  one  of  them 
went  to  Hartford,  Conn.,'  and  the  other  to  Concord,  Mas; 

It  is  believed  that  John  Jarvis,  who  married  Rebecca  Parkman, 
was  his  son.  and  we  now  ))rocccd  to  give  their  record,  and  those  of 
the  families  descended  frcnn  them,  in  as  complete  form  as  we  have 
been  able  to  obtain  them. 


No.  Name. 

1988  Nathiinicl  Jarvis 

1  child. 
1984  John  Jarvis. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  NATHA^^IEL. 
IsT  Generation. 

Born,  Died.  Married  or  Rcmarli!". 


Sept.  18,  1001. 


No.  Name. 

John  Jiirvi.s,-' 
1985  Rebecca  Parkman, 

11  cliiUlrcn. 
1980  John, 


3d  Generation. 

Born.  Died. 


1062 


Mnrriod  or  Ucniark» 
Sept.  18.  1001. 


1  This  may  have  been  Stephen,  who  appeared  in   IIunU)igton,  L.  I., 
in  1001. 
'^  Will  dated  Jan.  19,  1688;  admitted  to  Probate  March  4,  1089. 


No.  Name. 

1987  Elias. 
HWH  Niclioliis. 
li»8))  James. 
liHtO  William, 
1»!»1  Natliaiiii'l, 
1!)!I2  licbccca, 
l!»i»:!  Saimicl, 
l!»y4  Mary, 

WW,  l{<'lK'((a, 
li)!)r;  Ahi-rail, 


DK8CENDANT8    OF    NATHANIKI, — TiriKI)   OKNKUATION.  201 

Dluil,  Married  or  Honinrki*. 

younf?.  Baptized  ICOO. 


Bom. 

Jan.  i!i,  \mn 


Aug.  10,  106(1 

May  25,  1070    Doc.   l.'J,  17.'W    Sept.  28.  1601. 
April  17,  1072 
1074 
April  17,  1077  Jan.  20,  1000.  Richard 

Collitr. 
Jan.  27,  1670 
Sept.    2.  1684  Dec.  4, 1718,  Jno.  Biss. 


3d  Grnekation. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

JobnJarvis,'  1662 

1997  Mary  Waters,  Aug.  28,  1667 


Married  or  Remarks. 

1738    Dau.  Sampson  and  Re- 
becca. 


6  children. 
1998  John, 
1990  Sanii)son,'- 

2000  John, 

2001  Hcbecca, 

2002  W'illiani, 

2003  Mary, 


May  16,  1087 
Jan.  0,  1689 
Feb.  14,  1692 
Aug.  23,  1695 
Sept.  14,  1678 
Oct.    17,  1704 


Mr.  Gooding. 

Mary . 

Sept.  30,  1731,  Thos. 
Brown. 


Elias  .Iarvis,8    .Tan.   13,  1063 

2004  Margaict. 

2  children. 

2005  Margaret,  Mch.  24,  1691 

2006  Elias.  Jan.    13,  1693 


1757 


i 


1  . ,  '-i 


Aug.  23,  1715. 


1 1>1>0. 

William. lai-vis,  Aug.  10,  1666 

2007  Mary. 

2  cbildreu. 

2008  Mary,  July    5,  168() 

2009  Sarah,  Mch.  30,  1689 

2d  wife. 


1  Will  dated  March  10,  173§;  admitted  to  Probate  Dec.  20,  1736. 
-Married  Mary  Atwood;  2  sons — John,  born  Nov.  8,  1715;  William, 
born  1728. 
*  Property  adinin'stered  May  23,  1695;  inventory,  Aug.  22,  1695. 
•26 


202  DKSCKN  HANTS    iiK    XATIfAMKl. FdlUTII    OKNKIIATION. 

Bom.  Died.  Murrlod  or  Rcinnrki*. 


No.  Nniui'. 

SOtO  Kli/.al)('lli. 
I  cliild. 
2011  RelM-ccii. 


Miiv  32,  1«04 


I  i*U  1  . 

Niiliri  .Iiirvis.  iMiiy  2'>.  ItlTO  Dec.    i;i,  17:!K 

2012  Kli/.th  Suiter.  Oct.     ((,  1071  Auj?.  VA,  1700    Sept.  28,  1091. 
4  cliililrcn. 

Nov.    0,  KIO:;  May  2;{,  1723. 

.July  21,  1(100  EbiiiK'Zcr  Allen. 

Dec.  11,1701  Alexander  Parkmim. 


2014  Natlianiel, 
201.5  Klizulielli. 
201((  Kehee 

2017  William,' 

2(1  wife. 

2018  Eliz.  Trevet,' 

1  ehild. 
2010  I.eoiiiinl,  May     7,  1710     Sept.  :50,  I7(i0 


1078     Fel).    V.].  1700    .luly  HI,  1713. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

EliasJarvis,  Jr.,.Tan.   13,  1G93 


4tII    (tKNKUATION. 

Died. 


2020 

2021 
2022 
2023 
2024 
202.') 


Mary  Sunderland, 

.5  eliildren. 

Mary,  May  10,  1722 

p:iia"s,3  .Tidy  23,  1724 

John,  May  25,  1726 

Marfiaret,'  ()<t.  18,  1729 

Ed\vard,(C'apt.,)'',Jan.  22,  1731     Feb 


Sept.  20,  1748 


1793 


Married  or  Remarks. 
An.!?.  23,  1715,    Will, 
,Iulv  8,17.5.5. 


?iO  1   t. 


}      *' 


NatlmnielJarvis.Nov.    0,  Kii):) 
2020  Abi.u^ail  Atkins, 
5  eliildren. 

2027  Abipiil,  Mcb.  23.  1724 

2028  Eli/.abetb,  Nov.  1.5,  1730 


Shipwright. 
May  23,  1723. 


1742 


'  Died  before  his  father.     Left  William  and  Mary,  and  one  son,  who  died 
three  days  after  bis  mother,  Auir.  Kt,  1700. 

-Maiden  name  sujiposed  to  have  been  Peabody. 
^Ship-ehandler.     Married,  1st,  Mary  Avis,  2d,  Deliverance  Atkins. 
■•  Married  Daniel  Parker;  bad  son.  Chief  Jusliee  Isaac  Parker. 
^Married  Katharine  Ilammet:  son,  Edward,  Administrator. 


DKf«(!KNDANTH    OK    NATII.WIKI, —  KIKTII    GKN 


No. 


Name. 


Biti'ii. 


DilMl. 


2()'2Jl  Miurv, 


2();t(l  Niilliiuiii'l. 
'JOai  Til'  iniLs. 


Apr.  lit.  nait    Scpl.        l.s(K)    Sii 

Dcr.  Jj.'i.  17ai     Nov.         IHl'J 
May     H,  17;{4  ITU'i 


Leonard. Iiirvis,  May     7,  171(5    S.-pl.  W,  1770     M( 


a083  Susan  ("ornly. 

I  cliild. 
20iY>)  Susan, 

'.M  wile. 
3034  Haiah  Cliurrli. 


!)  cliildivn. 
20;t()  Lfonard, 
20;57  Hlizaltelli, 
20;58  Sam'KJardincr, 


-   ■■■■- 1 

1 

KKATION.               'JO.'l 

lurli'il  or  Ki'MiiirkR. 
iiKlf,  loll    ills  iii'irs 

)|i;{.700.r)0. 

iptizcd  liy  Kcv.Hain 
uel  Maliicr. 

1 

(M'clianI  in  Hoston. 
i.r.  1'.'.  17;tit. 

i 

LtMinanl  Bradford. 


1721     Dec.  2;{,  178i)     Int.  of  M.,  Xw^.  5, 

IMl. 


May   2il,  1743     Nov.  38,  18l;{     Nov.  a,  1770. 


1748    May     «,  1700 
1745    Auk. 


tslH     Au!-.  0.   1773.1786. 


20;UM'harl(s,  M.U.,   Oct.    30,1748    Nov.  l.'),  1M07 


3040  Nathaniel. 

3041  Sarah, 

3043  Mary  Church, 
204U  Benjamin, 


Sept. 


IHOl 


im. 


Mch.         18;!8    Joseph  Hussell. 
,  1830 
1810     Eli/a  Hall  of  DorchcH- 
tcr.     Merchant. 


3044  Phil 


'P. 


Nov.  i;{,  1703  Dec.  3.  1831  Nov.  17,  1780. 


5tII    Gl-'.NKKATTON. 

No.  Name.      "  Born.  Died. 

JSfathan'l.Iarvi.s.iDcc.  35,  1731     Nov.    9,1813 
2045  Eliz'th  Taintor,  1749    June    7,  1794 

7  children. 
3040  Elizabeth,  Feb.   15,  1708 


3047  Mary, 


AuL^  35,  1709 


3048  Reb.  Parkman,   Dec.   13,  1771 

3049  Nathaniel,  Feb.  30,  1774    Mch.  20,  1779 

3050  Susanna,'  May   13,  1770 

2051  Leonard,  Jan.     7,  1779     Nov.  16,  1845 

3052  Abigail  Atkins,  Oct.   17,  1783 


Marriucl  or  Keiniirks. 
Dec.  18,  1700. 


Jacob  Wyeth  of 
Fre.shpond. 

Phincas  Stone,  1 
daughter,  Eliza. 


jMary  Cogswell. 
June  38,    1804.     Sol. 
K.  Livonnore. 


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Leonard  Jarvis,  • 
Of   Baltimore,  was  born   in   Cambridge,   January  7,   1779,   and 
entered  college  at  a  very  early  age,  having  been  graduated  in  1797. 

For  ten  years  he  followed  maritime  pursuits,  and  was  master 
of  a  vessel  in  the  India  trade,  making  successful  voyages.  He 
afterwards  quit  his  nautical  life,  became  a  merchant,  and  went  into 
partnership  with  Mr.  Asaph  Hone.  Their  place  of  business  was 
at  the  corner  of  Court  and  Washington  streets,  Boston.  This  firm 
continued  in  business  for  six  years. 

During  the  war  of  1812,  Mr.  Jarvis  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the 
business,  residing  in  Cambridge  till  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he 
removed  to  Baltimore  for  the  benefit  of  a  milder  climate.  Here 
he  was  highly  successful  in  business,  and  became  wealthy,  sustain- 
ing a  fair  and  honorable  name  in  all  the  relations  of  life. 

He  died  from  paralysis,  at  his  residence  in  Baltimore.  Nov.  16, 
1845,  after  a  sickness  of  three  years.  He  lingered  eight  days  after 
the  last  shock,  which  rendered  him  speechless. 

Mr.  Jarvis  left  a  large  estate,  giving  one-half,  by  will,  of  '*  The 
Melange  Edifice,"  to  Harvard  College,  after  the  death  of  hib  widow. 
The  other  half  of  the  same  edifice  he  gave  to  several  charitable  socie- 
ties in  Baitimoi'e.  The  remainder  of  his  wealth,  excepting  some 
bequests,  he  left,  after  the  death  of  his  widow,  to  his  and  her  rela- 
tives, each  having  twelve  nephews  and  nieces. 

Mr.  Jarvis  married  in  1806  or  7  Miss  Mary  Coggswell  of  Little- 
ton.    They  had  no  children. 

The  house  in  which  Mr.  Jarvis  was  born  is  still  standing  on  the 
right-hand  of  the  road  to  West  Cambridge,  between  the  Common  and 
Porter's.  It  has  been  in  the  possession  of  the  family  for  a  hundred 
years,  and  is  occupied  by  two  of  his  sisters,  who  still  retain  the  wide 
lands  around  it,  being  part  of  the  estate  purchased  by  their  father, 
Nathaniel  Jarvis,  who  removed,  when  quite  young,  from  Boston  to 
Cambridge,  and  made  this  house  his  residence. 


?i03l 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Thomas  Jarvis,  May     8,  1734 

2053  Lydia  Coolidge. 

2  children. 

2054  Elizabeth,     Aug.  30,  1757 

2055  Thomas,'     Sept.  16,  1759 


Died. 


Married  or  Remarke. 


1792 


1  Had  a  son  Benjamin,  who  married  Mary  Porter  of  Roxbury.  They 
had  one  son,  Wm.  Porter  Jarvis,  and  one  daughter,  who  married  Dr.  C. 
M.  Weld. 


DESCENDANTS   OF   NATHANIEL FIFTH    OENERATION. 


205 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

LeonardJarvis.'May  29,  1742    Nov.  28,  1813 
2056  Sarah  Scott,       May  31,  1753  1836 

12  children. 

Oct.  19,  1781 
Nov.  3,  1782 
Oct.  12,  1783 


2057  Leonard, « 

2058  Betsey  Stelle,  3 

2059  Charles. 


Oct.    18,  1854 

Apr.   12,  1870 

1803 


2060  Edward, 

2061  Sarah  Russell,    Mch.    2,  1786 

2062  Charles,  Feb.  16,  1788 

2063  Edward  Scott,  /  Sept.    8,  1790 

2064  Susan  Gibbs,    f  Sept.    8,1790 

2065  Francis  Roach,  Mar.    9,  1792 

2066  Andr'wSpooner,Dec.    4,  1793 

2067  Com.  Jos.  Rus- 

sell, May    3,  1795 

2068  Benjamin,  Dec.    9,  1796 


Mch.        1860 

Apr.  4,  1865 
Dec.  23,  1868 
Feb.    8,  1869 

Nov.  18,  1799 

Aug.  18,  1869 


Married  or  Remarks. 
Nov.  3, 1776. 
Of  Newport. 


Dec.  25,  1804. 
Eliza.     Two  sons  in 
Castine. 

Saml.  K.  Whiting,Ill. 
Dec.  15,  1820. 
Sept.  20,  1818. 


1828.     June  17. 1834. 


Samuel  Gardner 
Jarvis, 

2069  Susan'h  Pierce. 

5  children. 

2070  Joseph, 

2071  Charles. 

2072  Leonard.  M.D.,  Jan. 

2073  Chas.  Church, 

2074  Susan  Pierce,* 

2d  wife. 

2075  Prudence  Davis. 

3  children. 

2076  Mary  Sparhawk, 

2077  Russell, 

2078  Helen, 


S03S. 

1745    Aug.        1818    Merchant  in  Boston. 
1782    Aug.  6,  1872. 


i,  1774    Feb.     9,  1848 

1777  1792 

1778  T>ec.         I860 


Died  young. 
Died  young. 


1799    1786. 

1827 
1790    July         1853 

1834    Guy  Hunter. 


1  Merchant,  in  Boston;  Treasurer  of  Commonwealth.  Lived  in  Cam- 
bridge. 1790-1798. 

»  MiirriedMary  Green,  Boston.  Graduate  Harvard.  Twice  M.  C.  from 
Maine.     Navy  Agt.,  Mass. 

"  Married  James  Carr,  Geneva,  111.     2  daughters. 

*  John  Jeffrey  of  Scotland.  Editor  Ediiiburgh  Review. 


206 


DB^SCKNDANTS   OF   NATHANIEL FIFTH    GENERATION. 


S030. 

No.  Name.  Bom.  Died.  Married  or  Reraarkf . 

Charles  Jarvis.i  Oct.   36,  1748    Nov.  15,  1807 

2079  Mary  Clapham. 

1  child. 

2080  William,  Feb.    4,  1770    Oct.   21,  1859    Mch.   1808. 

2d  wife. 

2081  Mary  Pepperrell 

Sparhawk. 

Doctor  Charles  Jarvis 

Was  a  distinguished  physician  and  surgeon,  a  profound  and 
sagacious  statesman,  and  a  brilliant  orator.  The  friend  and  asso- 
ciate of  Hancock,  Adams,  and  Jefferson,  he  was  alike  illustrious  in 
both  his  private  and  public  character.  He  was  devoted  to  the  wel- 
fare and  honor  of  his  country,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  coun- 
cils of  those  distinguished  men,  whose  wisdom  and  patriotism, 
under  the  guidance  of  an  over-ruling  Providence,  shaped  the  desti- 
nies of  the  Colonies  during  the  Revolutionary  struggle  for  Amer- 
ican independence. 

Dr.  Jarvis  was  born  in  1748,  and  died  at  the  age  of  59.  His 
grandfather  emigrated  from  Wales,  and  became  a  merchant  in 
Boston.  He  was  the  son  of  Leonard  Jarvis  and  Sarah  Church, 
who  was  the  daughter  of  Sheriff  Church,  and  granddaughter  of 
Colonel  Benjamin  Church  of  Bristol. 

At  an  early  age,  the  Doctor  developed  those  rare  qualities  of 
mind  and  heart  which  endeared  him  to  all  who  knew  him.  Mag- 
nanimity, sincerity,  and  discretion  marked  his  youthful  character. 
His  understanding  was  strong,  his  imagination  ardent  and  refined. 
Liberally  educated,  his  inborn  habits  of  thinking  were  thus 
strengthened,  and  his  influence  and  usefulness  more  thoroughly 
felt  in  the  community.  On  his  return  from  England,  where  he 
passed  considerable  time  in  completing  his  education  in  medical 
science,  he  began  to  discover  a  more  than  ordinary  concern  for  the 
welfare  and  happiness  of  his  fellow  men. 

An  enemy  to  tyranny  and  superstition,  he  studied  the  principles 
of  civil  liberty,  and  it  was  the  wish  of  his  heart  to  see  them  firmly 
established  in  his  native  land,  and  his  country  free  from  those 
calamities  which  had  so  often  afflicted  humanity.  This  induced 
him  to  abandon  the  most  flattering  prospects,  at  the  commencement 

^  Del.  Constitutional  Convention,  1788,  and  one  of  the  State  Legislature 
until  1796. 


DESCENDANTS   OP   NATHAVtut       or™. 

JNATHAMEL— FIFTH    GENERATION.  207 

hs  influence  fltifl  fai^^f    •     ^^'^'^'"^''^"-ourt.     The  recollection  of 

than  his  powers  of  e Ln.nnJ       j  I°y»"6n-     His  integrity,  more 
estimatio'  of  his  nouZ    '  '"  '"'"  ■•''»P''="'»le,  even  in  the 

and  wrong  in  everv  t™      "'^"T'     J""'"™*",  tatolerance, 

disposition.     BeneTo:„ee'ard1  '""'  '°  *^  ^™*"''^  °'  ^^ 

of  his  heart.    ''"""'°''"'"  ""-^  '■■•"""""y  ™re  the  reigning  virtues 

thoi"™;r„r'nr:h'''r:^^''  »!'^--'"">-'-  ">«  recanof 

As  a  physician,  he  was  enlightened  skilfni  i,-i.      i 
In  his  domp«f,-r.  i,^-    I,  ,  w^^^nea,  siaitul,  liberal,  and  humane. 

smmsm 

order,  and  he  was  ^esirrrame'lLam:^.:;::^  .^f  f 

snouid  equally  secure  the  rio-hts  of  all      if  u^  , 

his  demands  were  moderatf     A  thn;  J.         .'  ''""'°^'  "^  ^^"^^' 
for  other,  for  himsel  iflooked   ^^^^^^^^^  thV"      .  T'  '''''''''       ' 
lived  and  died  an  honest  man  '  '  "^^''''^"  "'  ^^^^'^"^ 


208 


DESCENDANTS   OF   NATHANIEL FIiiTH   GENERATION. 


S040. 

No.          Name. 

Born. 

Died. 

Married  or  Remarks. 

Nathaniel  Jarvia, 

Sept., 

1801    Capt.  Revol.  Army 

3  children. 

2083  Hon.  Wm.  C. 

1836    Lawyer. 

3084  Susan. > 

The  Hon.  William  C.  Jakvis 

Was  born  in  or  near  Boston,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Suf- 
folk Co.,  in  1811.  He  moved  to  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  in  1815,  and 
represented  that  town  in  the  Legislatures  of  1821  '22,  '23,  and  '24. 
Soon  afterwards,  he  removed  to  Woburn,  and  was  made  director 
of  the  State  prison.  He  was  also  one  of  the  custom-house  officers, 
but,  on  the  election  of  General  Jackson  to  the  presidency,  was 
removed.  He  was  subsequently  elected  senator  from  Essex  Co., 
and  representative  of  the  town.  He  was  Speaker  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  twice  while  a  representative  from  Pittsfield,  and 
once  from  Woburn. 

In  1827,  he  was  elected  State  Treasurer,  but  declined  the  honor. 
He  was  twice  a  candidate  for  Congress. 

lu  1821,  he  published  a  very  creditable  volume  on  political  econ- 
omy, entitled  "  The  Republic,"  copies  of  which  are  in  the  Berkshire 
AthsBueum. 

Mr.  Jarvis  was  a  man  of  line  talents,  in  form  and  stature  noble 
and  commanding,  with  a  genial  and  social  nature.  His  manners 
were  elegant,  and  his  conversation  rich  and  polished,  abounding 
in  humor  and  anecdote,  which  made  him  a  favorite  in  society, 
beloved  and  cherished  by  his  friends.  He  died  suddenly  in 
Weathersfield,  Vt.,  leaving  an  afflicted  wife  to  mourn  his  loss. 


Philip  .Jarvis, 

3085  Ann  Head, 

7  children. 

3086  John  Head, 

3087  Mary  Ann, 

3088  Jeanette, 

3089  Henry, 

2090  Pliilip, 

2091  Nancy  Head, 

3092  Frederick, 

1  Married  M.  D 


Nov.  13,  1763     Dec.     3, 
Aug.  17,  1764    Dec.  30, 


1831  Nov.  17,  1786. 
1848 


Dec.  3,  1787  Jan.  18, 
May  13,  1789  Aug.  33, 


Mch.  30,  1793  May  8, 
June  8,  1794  Feb.  3, 
May  10,  1796    Nov.  37, 


1850 

1816    Sept.  36,  1806,  Bnid- 

shaw  Hall. 
May   14,  1790    Mch.  22,  1873    Jan.  29,  1805,  Benj. 

Hooke. 
1839    Mch.  10,  1814. 
1807 
1837    Jas.  Milliken,  b.  1793, 

d.  June  22,  1849. 
1872    Feb.  11,  1849. 


Sept.  28,  1798    Oct.    11, 
Gushing  of  Providence;  4  sons  and  1  daughter. 


DKSCENDANT8   OF   NATHavii-, 

"*-   NATHANIKL—siXTH   GENKRATION.  209 

6th  Genekation. 

No.  Name.  ^^^^ 

Charles  Jarvis, '  Feb    16    17Hu      a       ^'^!'"  Carried  or  Remarks 

2096  Elizabeth  Black.Peb     I' ml 

2097  Edward,  Mch   13     829 

2098  Ann  Frances  '    ^^'^ 

^''^'■'■'  Oct     15   1831 

2099Cha.s  jurvi...    j^jy    7' jgg^  Everard  F.  Greeley. 

2  0^ToT«f^'       •^""-    2«'1836 
2  03  To        'w'''        ^"•'''-  "'  1839 

210J  AndVSpooner/Doc.    3.1844 

Sept.  17,  1870. 

Edward  Scott 

2104  Elirsparhawk  ^'^''    ^'  ^^^'^    ^'"-  ^^'  ^^^^    Sept.  20,  1818. 

Spooner,-         Nov.  25,  1799 
9  children. 

2105  /.eonard  Fitz  * 

2107  And-wSpoone'r.Ma'-  18''  S    '""^    ^'  ^^^^ 

.OJ  Mary  Church,  Nov.  25,  1830 
jllO  barah  Leonard.  Oct.  12,  1832 
2111  Howard  Sand- 

nv^wlTlr.  Mch.  28.  1834 

Hubbard,         Nov.,       I839 

*  Married  Martha  Eaton      1  Pl.iW   ni 

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210 


DESCENDANTS    OP    NATHANIEI- — SIXTH    GENERATION. 


Bora.  Died. 


Marriod  or  Kemarks. 


No.  Name. 

(Jom.  .Toscph 
Russell  Jarvis,  May     3,  1795    Aug.  12,  1809     1838. 
8114  Sarah  Leonard 

Bradford,  1804    Oct.    11,  1833 

3  children. 
2115  Leonard  Brad- 
ford, 0(1.    13.  1330    Nov.,       1835 

3116  Francis  Carr,      Sept.  11,  1833  Dec.  25,  1873. 

3d  wife. 

3117  Mary  Filsbury 

Otis,  June  17,  1834.     D.  of 

Jos.  Otis,  Boston. 
6  children. 

3118  Susan  Gibbs,      Aug.  31,  1835    Aug.  15,  1861 

3119  Jos.  Russell,  >      Nov.    9,  1837  April  0,  1869. 
3130Mary  Hubbard,  Apr.  31,  2  840    Oct.    14,1841 

3121  Josephine,  Oct.    14,  1841 

3133  James  Otis,         Sept.  39,  1843    Apr.,       1851 

3133  Wm.  Mosher,     Oct.     7,1847    Oct.,        1876 

Commodore  Joseph  R.  Jarvis 

"Was  born  in  Massachusetts,  May  3,  179.5,  and  entered  the  Navy 
in  1812,  when  he  was  sent  to  the  Lakes,  and  served  under  Mac- 
Donough. 

He  was  commissioned  as  Lieutenant,  March  2S,  1820;  on  the 
Frigate  Constellation,  West  India  Squadron,  1827;  Mediterranean 
Squadron,  1829;  Navy  Yard,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  1837;  commis- 
sioned as  Commandant,  September  8,  1841;  commanding  Brig 
Lawrence,  1845;  commanding  Sloop  Falmouth,  Home  Squadron, 
1846;  Navy  Yard,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  1851;  commissioned  as  Cap- 
tain, May  24,  1855;  commanding  Sloop  Savannah,  Home  Squad- 
ron, 1858-1860;  commissioned  as  Commodore,  July  16,  1862. 

When  in  command  of  the  Savannah,  he  captui'ed  two  Mexican 
steamers,  and  lodged,  for  a  month,  at  his  own  expense,  two  Amer- 
ican families  who  sought  shelter  on  board  his  vessel.  A  letter  is 
in  existence,  written  to  him  by  one  of  the  Mexican  generals, 
requesting  that  his  sons,  two  young  boys,  who  were  on  board  one 
of  the  steamers,  might  be  sent  to  their  mother.  To  this  the  Com- 
modore replied  that,  though  deeply  sympathizing  with  the  father's 
feelings,  he  felt  compelled  to  follow  the  course  which  his  duty  as 
an  officer  of  the  United  States  required. 

»  Fruit  farmer,  Cobden,  111.    Married  Jennie  C.  Holcomb  of  Galesburgh. 


' 


I>E801CNDANT8   OP   NATHAVTITT       oi-ro-r,    „ 

iNAiHANIRI, — srXTir    OENKRATrON.  211 


Bom. 


No.  Name. 

Dr.  Leonard 
Jarvis.  j„„ 

3124  Clarissa  Draper. 
6  children. 

2135  Susan  Pierce,  iqqq 

2136  Dr.  Sam'l  Gardner,  1816 
3187  Leonard,  jgjg 
2138  Leonard  2d,        Jan.   15,  1820 

2129  Russell.  Jan.     8,1824 

2130  William.  Oct..        1827 


Died. 


Married  or  Remarks 


22,  1774    Feb.     9.  1848 


Oct.  30,  1848. 


1818 
1848 

1828 


Leonard  Jarvis,  M  D 
Boston,  aLd  on  be  "  ad^'I,  '  jf  ™''  ""  ™'°<'"'  P''>'»'«»»  of 

farmer.     H    wasX  1/     T' ff  "^  ""^'i""  and  pracfcal 
principles  o,rJstr/t:ai:?nut:'  '"d  *"T°"°"'  '°  «'^  "■" 

wa^  w!^ "not  TrX^Nett '"  "i"- '"'''"«  "'  "^  -°'  ^^ 
extensive  and  succ«ri  1    ,    ^ampslnre  and  Vermont,  for  his 

ware  well  knowTamon '  Z  ,  "'  "  """'■g'™--     His  flocks 

quality,  and  UswrL  rr",     .  """  "■'"^'  ""^  »!-*■■ 
i..g  maLnfactuilr  ''  '"«"  ''"P"""'™  """g  "">  lead- 

Doctor  Jarvis  was  distinguished  for  onerKV  enterori-  .„^ 
»evera„ce.  and  his  talents  wonld  have  earnS'  foThtrt^rn 


212 


DK8CKNDANTS   OF    NATHANIKL — SIXTH    GENERATION. 


in  any  profession.  He  was  particularly  successful  in  surgery,  as 
he  was  not  only  a  thonnigli  anatomist,  but  was  aided  by  great 
mechanical  ingenuity  and  force  of  will.  Although  of  a  highly- 
wrought  temperament,  ho  exhibited,  in  performing  difficult  opera- 
tions, a  degree  of  coolness,  self-possession,  and  resolution -equal  to 
any  emergency. 

His  literary  acquirements  were  highly  respectable.  He  was  a 
good  classical  scholar,  an  extensive  reader  of  English  and  French 
literature,  speaking  French  with  great  fluency  and  purity  of  idiom 
and  accent.  He  encouraged  talent  in  the  young,  especially  in  the 
professions.  He  was  hospitable,  liberal,  and  generous,  and  his 
attachments  were  strong  and  enduring.  In  religious  belief  he  was 
a  Unitarian,  but  entirely  free  from  prejudice. 

In  person,  he  was  of  middle  height,  thin,  muscular,  and  active. 
His  complexion,  fair;  eyes,  blue;  and  hair,  fine,  straight,  and 
chestnut  color.  He  was  very  temperate,  and,  through  most  of  his 
life,  rather  abstemious.  He  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Nathaniel 
Javvis  of  Boston,  who  married  Elizabeth  Peabody  of  Maine. 

He  possessed  a  handsome  ancient  seal,  with  the  family  coat-of- 
arms  engraved  on  it,  and  a  valuable  sword  presented  to  him  by 
Mrs.  Dr.  Charles  Jarvis,  who  was  granddaughter  to  Sir  William 
Pepperell.  This  sword  was  presented  by  George  the  'J'hird  to  Sir 
William  for  his  gallant  services  in  the  siege  of  Louisburgh,  which 
he  took  from  the  Frencli. 

Mr.  Jarvis  died  at  Claremont,  N.  H.,'  February  9,  1848,  in  the 
seventy-fourth  year  of  his  age. 


No.  Name. 

Russel  Jarvis, 

2131  Caroline  Dana, 

1  child. 

2132  Caroline. 

2d  wife. 

2133  Eliza  Cordi.s.' 


SO'7"7'. 

Born.  Died.  Married  or  Rr  .narks. 

1790    July,        1853 
1822 


'Burned,  with  two  daughters,  on  hoard  steamer  "Lexington,"  Long 
Island  Sound. 


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S080. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Consul  William 

Jiirvis,  Fob.     4,  1770 

31  !M  Mary  Poppcrrcll 

Spaiiiawk,' 

2  children. 

2135  Mary  Peppcrrell 

Sparhawk,     May  21,  1809 

2136  Eliz.  Bartlett,  Feb. 

2d  wife. 

2137  Anne  Bailey  Bartlett. 

10  children. 

2138  Ann  Eliza,-'       .luue  30,  1818 

2139  Harriet  Bartlett,  Feb.  8,  1830 
3140  Major  Charles 

.larvis.s  Aug.  21,  1821 

2141  William,  Mc^i.    9,  1823 

2142  Thos.JelTersou,  Sept.  4,  1824 

3143  Margaret,        fJuly  20,  1826 

3144  Sarah,  (  July  20,  182(i 

2145  Katharine,        Mcii.  16,  1830 

2146  Kath.  Leonard,  Dec.  25,  1833 

2147  Louise  Bailey.  May  29,  1835 


Died. 
Oct.    21,  1859 


Married  or  Remarks. 


1811     July,        1848 


March,  1808. 


Sept.  9.  1829. 
Feb.  14,  1833. 


July 

17,  1849 

September,  1844. 
August,  1843. 

Dec. 

1,  1803 

Aug. 

1825 

Jan. 

1,  1842 

■ 

July 

7.  1847 

Twin.s. 

July 

3,  1857 

Oct.  30,  1848. 

April 

,       1830 

July,  I860. 


Hon.  William  Jakvi*?, 

Son  of  Dr.  Charles  Jarvis  of  Boston,  was  born  in  1770.  He  was 
educated  for  a  mercantile  life,  and  became  an  active  and  success- 
ful merchant  in  Boston  in  the  year  1791. 

The  failure  of  a  friend,  for  whom  he  had  endorsed,  compelled 
him  to  relinquish  his  position  in  Boston,  and  spend  the  following 
five  years  as  sujiercargo,  captain,  and  i)art  owner  of  his  ship.  At 
the  end  of  this  period  his  active  industry  and  mercantile  skill  had 
been  crowne  1  with  such  success  as  to  free  him  from  pecuniary 
embarrassment.  The  e.xperience  thus  "oquired  in  mercantile  and 
maritime  affairs  led  to  his  appointment  by  President  Jefferson  as 
Consul  and  Chanjr  to  Lisbon.  Here,  by  his  characteristic  energy, 
his  remonstrances,  and  diplomatic  sagacity,  he  succeeded  in  stop- 

'  Married  by  Mr.  Ilackley,  American  Consul  at  Cadiz ;  again  in  Lisbon, 
by  a  Roman  Catholic  priest,  as  was  the  law  in  that  country;  again  by  a 
Protestant  (tlergyman.— 3  rings.     (Mrs.  Cutts'  "Biography.") 

•Married  Hon.  Sanmel  Dinsmore  of  Keene;  2  children — William  Jar- 
vis,  Samuel. 

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ping  the  impressment  of  American  seamen  by  English  authority; 
in  securing  the  admission  of  flour  with  small  duties,  and  in  chang- 
ing the  quarantine  regulation  for  American  ships  from  six  weeks' 
detention  to  three  days. 

The  effect  of  these  exertions  on  our  commerce  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  Peninsular  War,  was  of  incalculable  benefit.  It  gave 
us  the  immense  neutral  trade  of  the  contending  armies,  and  the 
expense  of  the  war  made  the  sale  of  the  celebrated  Spanish  flocks 
of  sheep  necessary,  which  were  the  most  renowned  in  the  world. 
Spain  had  been  improving  and  perfecting  the  value  of  their  flocks 
for  a  thousand  years.  Mr.  Jarvis,  at  different  times,  sent  to  this 
country  3,500  of  these  sheep,  which  was  a  larger  number  than 
came  to  America  from  all  other  sources,  and  has  been  the  means 
of  adding  untold  millions  to  the  agricultural  wealth  of  the  United 
States,  and  to  its  manufacturing  industry. 

While  in  Lisbon,  Mr.  Jarvis  met  Lord  St  \'incent,  who  claimed 
relationsh  p  with  him.  as  the  following  incident  will  show:  '-Lord 
St.  Vincent,  hearing  of  Mr.  Jarvis,  sent  to  him  and  requested  an 
interview,  thinking  there  must  be  a  connection  between  them. 
Accompanied  by  Commodore  Campbell,  he  called  upon  the  English 
Admiral,  and  was  much  pleased  with  his  noble,  gentlemanly  bear- 
ing, and  was  struck  by  the  resemblance  between  him  and  some  of 
the  Jarvis  family,  especially  to  his  Uncle  Leonard.  The  Admiral 
treated  the  Consul  in  the  most  friendly,  pleasant  manner,  and  said 
that  when  he  entered  the  navy  as  a  midshipman  he  had  spelled  his 
name  Jarvis,  but  had  been  rallied  by  some  of  the  officers  for  so 
doing,  saying  it  was  a  corruption  of  tlie  old  Norman  name  Jervois, 
and  they  had  induced  him  to  change  it;  but  he  had  no  doubt  they 
sprang  from  the  same  ancestors,  in  which  opinion  Mr.  Jarvis  fully 
coincided.  The  Admiral  afterwards  invited  Commodore  Campbell 
and  Mr.  Jarvis  to  dine  with  him.  The  Commodore  accepted,  but 
the  Consul  declined.  He  admired  Lord  St.  Vincent,  but  he  had 
maintained  the  most  cordial  intercourse  with  the  French  officers,' 
and  as  France  and  England  were  at  variance,  he  disliked  the 
appearance  of  dining  in  amity  on  board  of  one  of  His  Majesty's 
ships  of  war.  Tn  addition  to  which,  the  impressment  of  American 
seamen  had  caused  unceasing  collision  between  him  and  the  British 
navy,  ever  since  he  came  to  Lisbon. 


*  Among  these  he  was  most  intimate  with  Mr.  Legoy,  Junot's  Private 
Secretary;  Magendie,  Commander-in-Cliief  of  the  Navy;  Count  de  Bour- 
mont,  the  sou  of  the  Baron;  Viomenil,  etc.,  and  they  frequently  dined 
with  him. 


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The  following  very  handsome  note  from  Sir  John  Jervis,  ex- 
presses  his  regret: 

"Lord  St.  Vincent  presents  his  compliments  to  Mr.  Jarvis,  and  regrets 
exceedingly  the  cause  which  has  deprived  him  of  the  honor  of  a  visit, 
begging,  at  the  same  time,  to  assure  Mr.  Jarvis  that,  it  will  afford  him  the 
highest  satisfaction  to  show  every  attention  in  his  power  to  the  representa- 
tive of  the  United  States  of  America. 
"  HiBEHNiA,  10th  September,  1808." 

After  remaining  about  tv/o  months,  Lord  St.  V'incent  and  his 
squadron  left  Lisbon. 

After  a  residence  of  nine  years  in  Lisbon,  Mr.  Jarvis  returned 
to  this  country,  and  in  1810  settled  in  Wethersfield  Bow,  on  a 
large  and  beautiful  tract  of  land.  Here  he  attended  to  the  instruc- 
tion of  his  children,  securing  for  them  the  best  teachers,  and  also 
devising  the  best  plans  for  developing  the  agricultural  and  manu- 
facturing industries  of  the  country. 

He  wrote  for  the  journals  of  the  day,  and  corresponded  with 
eminent  statesmen  from  1816  to  1836  on  the  subject  of  the  tariff 
and  other  matters  affecting  the  industrial  interests  of  the  country, 
and  his  opinions  and  suggestions  were  received  with  the  greatest 
consideration.  His  information  on  all  such  topics  was  accurate 
and  comprehensive,  it  was  that  of  a  statesman  in  a  useful  and 
practical  form.  His  love  of  reading  was  great,  his  memory  reten- 
tive, which  made  him  a  most  instructive  and  cheerful  companion. 
Plis  reading  was  varied  and  extensive,  embracing  history,  philoso- 
phy, politics,  and  belles-lettres.  Few  men  so  fully  understood  and 
accurately  remembered  the  facts  connected  with  the  formation  of 
our  political  parties,  or  who  could  give  so  intelligent  and  instruc- 
tive an  account  of  them.  To  hear  him  was  like  sitting  at  the  feet 
of  some  ancient  chronicler.  In  his  early  life,  he  was  of  the  Jeflfer- 
sonian  school  of  politics,  but,  in  later  life,  he  was  a  bwliever  in  Mr. 
Clay  and  his  policy.  He  never  sought  but  declined  office,  however 
flattering,  whenever  solicited,  but  rather  chose  the  enjoyments  and 
attachments  of  home  and  the  society  of  friends. 

The  most  remarkable  trait  in  his  character,  and  around  which 
others  seemed  to  cluster,  or  which  gave  prominence  to  them,  was 
the  force  of  his  will,  and,  when  once  resolved,  his  inflexible  deter- 
mination. In  practical  life  this  is  a  characteristic  of  all  great  men, 
and  of  all  representative  men  in  the  leading  professions.  The 
force  and  power  of  a  determined  will  is  the  great  feature  in  all 
men  of  celebrity. 

Of  his  religious  views  and  feelings  he  was  never  publicly  com- 


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municative.  Ho  loved  justice  tempered  with  mercy,  and  felt  a 
strong  sympathy  for  the  poor  and  oppressed.  He  expressed  his 
strong  convictions  as  to  the  necessity  of  religious  ordinances  for 
the  well-being  of  society  and  the  perpetuity  of  the  institution  of 
the  Sabbath.  However  men  may  differ  in  political  and  religious 
sentiments,  still,  in  the  death  of  such  a  man  as  Mr.  Jarvis,  it  is  like 
the  removal  of  a  strong  supporting  column  from  the  great  temple 
that  upholds  the  welfare  of  society.  Vhe  structure,  to  us,  seems 
weakened,  and  we  are  the  more  called  upon  to  double  our  diligence 
to  see  that  no  good  be  lost,  and  that  no  evil  may  spring  ''  into  life 
when  such  depart  from  us."' 

Mrs.  Mary  F.  Jarvis. 

This  lady  was  the  wife  of  the  late  Consul  Jarvis,  and  was  a  most 
estimabl  woman.  She  died  in  Havei'hill,  at  the  age  of  30  years, 
and  the  following  tribute  to  her  memory,  by  Joseph  E.  Sprague, 
Esq.,  who  married  her  cousin.  Miss  P^liza  Bartlett,  and  who  was 
intimately  acquainted  with  her,  shows  the  loveliness  and  excellence 
of  her  character: 

••Perfectly  unaffected  and  unassuming,  she  possessed  an  equa- 
nimity of  mind  which  prosperity  could  not  elate  nor  adversity 
depress.  Benevolent  in  her  nature,  she  was  without  a  personal 
enemy.  Regardless  of  herself,  she  ever  sought  to  ameliorate  the 
cares,  sorrows,  and  misfortunes  of  her  friends,  and  her  sympathy 
and  affection  were  devoted  to  their  ease  and  comfort.  She  was 
fond  of  painting,  belles-lettres,  and  the  study  of  the  languages,  and 
her  leisure  hours  were  spent  in  thus  improving  and  liberalizing 
her  mind.  Though  greatly  attached  to  reading,  she  never  suffered 
it  to  interfere  with  her  domestic  avocations,  but,  without  reluct- 
ance, cheerfully  fulfilled  every  duty  in  whatever  station  she  was 
placed.  She  was  thoi'oughly  read  in  the  best  English  authors, 
which  was  a  great  source  of  delight  and  interest  to  the  friends 
who  surrounded  her,  but  the  study  which  most  engrossed  her 
attention  was  the  religion  of  the  Saviour.  His  precepts  she  dili- 
gently studied  and  obeyed,  and  His  religion  she  early  professed. 
She  returned  to  her  native  country  to  put  in  practice  the  benevolent 
purposes  of  lier  heart,  but  that  Being  whose  ways  are  inscrutable 
to  human  eyes,  removed  her  to  a  higher  sphere — to  a  brighter  and 
a  better  world.  She  awaited  the  hour  of  her  approaching  death 
with  calmness  and  resignation,  and  as  her  life  had  been  conspicuous 
for  every  Christian  virtue,  her  last  end  was  tranquil,  peaceful,  and 
serene." 


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Mrs.  Ann  Eliza  Dinsmoke 

Was  the  daughter  of  the  late  Consul  Jarvis,  and  was  a  woman  of 
rare  virtues  and  womanly  graces.  She  was  the  sunshine  of  both 
her  parental  and  husband's  home,  and  the  idol  of  her  children. 
She  was  surrounded  by  a  large  circle  of  admiring  friends,  and  her 
domestic  enjoyments  were  unalloyed  by  worldly  cares. 

During  this  happy  season,  and  just  after  her  husband's  election 
as  Governor,  amid  the  festivities  of  that  occasion,  she  was  attacked 
with  brain-fever.  She  immediately  returned  to  Keene,  where  her 
parents,  sisters,  and  friends  hastened  to  her  relief;  but  all  their 
efforts  were  unavailing.  She  lived  but  two  weeks  after,  when  she 
died,  leaving  her  husband  and  two  sons  in  inconsolable  grief. 

M.  P.  S.  C. 

Major  Charles  Jarvis 

Was  the  eldest  son  of  Consul  William  Jarvis,  and   was  placed 
under  the  tuition  of  Solomon  Foote,  at  nine  years  of  age,  at  Cas- 
tleton,  Vermont.     Mr.  Foote,  in  speaking  of  him,  says,  "  He  mani- 
fested early  in   life,  those  noble  and  manly  qualities  which  distin 
guished  him  in  maturer  years." 

From  Castleton,  he  went  to  Exeter  Academy,  N.  H.,  where  he 
applied  himself  so  assiduously,  that,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  he 
entered  the  Vt.  University,  then  under  the  presidency  of  Rev.  John 
Wheeler.  He  was  the  youngest  member  of  his  class,  but  by  his 
manly  character,  and  excellent  scholarship,  he  won  golden  opinions 
from  his  teachers  and  classmates.  Hon.  Charles  P.  Marsh,  his 
intimate  friend,  and  college  associate,  says  of  him:  "His  college 
duties  were  ever  seasonably  and  fully  performed,  and  his  acts  and 
influence  were  ever  on  the  side  of  order  and  rightful  authority. 
He  scorned  a  mean  act,  and  was  firm  and  decided  in  his  religious 
sentiments." 

He  was  graduated  in  1839,  and  immediately  commenced  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Leverett  Saltonstall  and  Judge 
Ward  in  Salem,  and  soon  ingratiated  himself  into  their  esteem. 

He  entered  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge  in  1840,  and  was  a 
favorite  and  admirer  of  Judge  Story,  then  a  professor  in  that  insti- 
tution, but  he  was  suddenly  called  from  Cambridge  by  the  death 
of  his  only  brother,  William.  This  affliction  added  to  his  religious 
sensibilities,  awakening  his  sympathies  to  an  almost  womanly  ten- 
derness. 

Although  fond  of  his  profession,  like  a  dutiful  son,   he  gave 
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up  all  to  devote  himself  to  his  parents,  taking  the  place  of  his 
deceised  brother,  to  relieve  his  aged  father  from  the  weiglit  of 
busmess  and  its  cares,  as  well  as  ministering  to  his  wants,  at  the 
same  time  improving  every  spare  hour  in  the  pursuit  of  his  studies. 
His  father  died  in  1859,  when  he  devoted  himself  to  his  mother, 
and  the  settlement  of  his  father's  estate. 

In  March,  1862,  he  felt  it  his  duty  to  devote  himself  to  the  ser- 
vice of  his  country,  in  that  time  of  its  greatest  need,  and,  although 
his  resolve  was  a  great  trial  to  his  mother  and  sisters,  he  declared 
"he  would  rather  be  a  martyr  for  his  country  than  remain  at  home 
in  ease."  He  raised  a  company  for  the  9th  Regiment,  Vt.  Volun- 
teers, and  was  chosen  Captain. 

As  it  proved,  his  whole  term  of  service  was  one  of  suflfering  and 
self-sacrifice.  By  the  treachery  of  Col.  Miles,  at  Harper's  Ferry, 
twelve  regiments,  including  the  Vermont  9th,  were  made  prisoners, 
ar.d  paroled  in  the  strictest  manner.  They  were  ordered  to  Chicago, 
where  they  endured  great  suffering  and  privation,  for  want  of  good 
food  and  comfortable  quarters,  until  they  were  removed  to  Fort 
Douglas. 

Captain  Jarvis  exerted  himself  to  mitigate  the  sufferings  and 
wants  of  his  company.  The  Colonel  was  absent,  in  order  to 
effect  an  exchange,  and  the  Lieutenant-Colonel  being  sick,  placed 
the  command  of  the  camp  under  Mr.  Jarvis,  who  was  untir- 
ing in  his  efforts  to  relieve  the  sick,  clieer  and  encourage  the  de- 
spondent, and  maintain  the  necessary  discipline.  Six  New  York 
regiments  were  exchanged  early  in  the  winter,  but  the  9th  Vt.  was 
not  exchanged  until  March.  They  were  detained  till  June,  when 
they  were  ordered  to  Yurktown,  Va.  In  July,  Capt.  Jarvis,  now 
Major,  was  sent  North,  when  he  visited  his  mother  and  sisters,  but 
his  stay  was  brief,  as  he  was  soon  ordered  to  Boston  Harbor  to 
take  charge  of  Vermont  conscripts.  His  mother  and  sisters  accom- 
panied him. 

The  following  extracts  from  a  letter  to  his  sister,  Mrs.  Mary  P.  S. 
Cutts,  on  the  death  of  a  favorite  son,  show  the  Christian  character 
and  tender  sympathy  of  this  noble  soldier. 

"My  Deak  Sister: 

"  My  heart  aches  when  I  try  to  realize  that  so  manly,  so  ingenuous  and 
promising  a  youth,  just  ripening  into  manhood,  and  winning  such  favor 
from  all  who  knew  him,  is  no  more  on  earth.  If  so  trying  to  me,  then  iiow 
must  it  be  to  you,  my  dear  sister,  and  his  father,  and  to  you  all. 

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broken  hearts,  let  us  join  with  His  ancient  servant,  iuownin<rthatthe  name 
of  the  Lord  is  blessed. 

"  When  all  mortal  consolations  seem  so  inadeq\iate,  there  is  One  who 
has  wept  over  such  afflictions,  and  is  touched  with  the  feeling  of  our 
infirmities. 

"  My  duties  prevent  my  being  with  you. 

"  1  must  close  witli  my  deepest  sympathy  for  you  all. 

Yours  affeftionately,  Charles  Jabvis." 

In  less  than  three  months,  Major  Jarvis  was  called  to  follow  his 
nephew  and  namesake,  and  "  was  no  more  on  earth." 

Early  in  October,  he  rejoined  his  regiment  in  Yorktown,  and 
found  it  had  suffered  greatly  from  sickness.  With  his  usual 
promptitude,  he  made  vigorous  efforts  to  have  the  sick  sent  to 
hospitals  in  the  North,  and  the  remainder  removed  to  Newbern. 
N.  C. 

The  regiment  was  removed  to  Newbern,  and  stationed  at  New- 
port Barracks,  thirty  miles  distant.  Ever  mindful  of  his  men  and 
their  happiness,  he  provided  a  generous  Thanksgiving  dinner  for 
the  regiment,  and  he  hoped  and  intended  that  the  giver  should  be 
unknown,  but  the  generosity  of  their  comi.aander  was  too  well 
known  to  remain  undiscovered. 

On  the  1st  of  December,  1863,  he  was  sent  by  Col.  Ripley,  with 
a  cavalry  escort,  on  a  private  expedition,  when  he  was  shot  by  a 
Confederate  from  behind  a  tree,  and  was  mortally  wounded.  He 
was  removed  to  a  private  house. 

The  chaplain  of  the  regiment  gave  this  account  of  him:  '-He 
has  been  my  counsellor  amid  all  my  trials  as  chaplain,  and  I  shall 
never  find  another  that  can  fill  his  place."  "  He  was  accustomed 
to  visit  the  hospital  with  me,  when  I  went  to  read  and  pray  with 
the  sick  and  dying  soldiers."  "  When  the  tidings  reached  the 
camp,  that  the  Major  was  badly  wounded,  I  rode  directly  out  to 
him  with  the  Colonel  and  other  officers.  He  lay  in  an  elegantly 
furnished  room.  I  read  one  of  the  Psalms,  and  bowed  in  prayer 
by  his  bed-side.  I  then  informed  him  that  his  situation  was  one 
of  danger,  to  which  he  assented  with  great  calmness.  He  suffered 
great  pain.  At  half  past  three  he  peacefully  expired,  and  a  Chris- 
tian hero  was  crowned  with  glory.  The  world  lost  in  him  a  Chris 
tian  man,  the  regiment  a  father," 

The  Vt.  9th  Regiment  passed  a  series  of  resolutions,  expressive 
of  his  noble  qualities  as  an  officer,  a  man,  and  a  Christian,  and  of 
condolence  with  his  afflicted  relatives  and  friends. 


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His  remains  wore  placed  in  a  metallic  coffin,  and  sent,  under  an 
escort  of  officers  and  privates,  home  to  his  afflicted  mother.  A 
largo  concourse  of  relatives  and  friends  followed  them  to  their  final 
resting-place  in  the  family  cemetery,  where  he  was  laid  by  the  side 
of  his  father.  A  beautiful  white  marble  sarcophagus  has  been 
erected  by  his  mother  to  his  memory. 


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Born. 


Name. 
John  Head  .Tiir- 

vis,  Dec.     3.  1787 

Rebecca  Hall,     May  15,  1791 

11  children. 
William,  Apr.  25.  1811 

Elizab'h  Smith,  Dec.  27,  1812 
Jolm  Head,  Mch.  27,  1814 
Frod'k  August '.s.July  20,  1810 
Francis  Honrj',  Feb.  .S,  1819 
Rebecca  Hall,     May   10,  1821 


Died. 


Jan. 

Nov. 

Jan. 

May 


12,  1850 
5,  1858 

30,  1863 

31,  1813 


2155  Susan, 


Dec.  27.  1823 


2156  Mary  Elizabeth,  Dec.     5,  1826 

2157  Chas.  Edward,  Feb.     1,  1828 

2158  Audr'wJacks'n,Mch.    6,1830 

2159  Geo.  Washing'n,  July   12.  1832 


Dec.  17,  1862 


Oct.   19,  1869 


Married  or  ReniarlcH 
Jan.  6,  1810. 

Dec.  9,  1834. 

Sept.  14,  18:i«.      • 
Sept.  9,  1841. 
Dec.  24,  1846. 
May  1.  1860,  Isaiah 

Westcott. 
May  18,  1845,  Henry 

Whiting. 

Mch.  12,  1854. 
Aug.  7,  1862. 


John  Head  Jarvis 


Was  the  son  of  Philip  and  Ann  Jarvis,  and  his  school  and  early 
business  education  were  obtained  in  Boston,  Mass.  In  1807,  he 
accompanied  Miss  Mary  P.  Sparhawk  to  Lisbon,  as  she  was  engaged 
to  be  married  to  William  Jarvis,  then  United  States  Consul,  and  a 
resident  there.     They  were  married  on  her  arrival  at  that  pla(  (\ 

In  1810,  Mr.  Jarvis  formed  a  copartnership  under  the  firm  name 
of  Witherle  &  Jarvis,  in  Castine,  Maine,  which  continued  until 
1844.  He  was  a  man  of  sound  judgment  and  supen'or  business 
talents,  and  was  frequently  resorted  to  for  counsel  and  advice. 
He  was  quite  largely  interested  in  navigation,  owning  a  share  in 
seventy-one  vessels,  during  the  thirty-four  years  of  his  active  business 
life.  He  was  also  interested  in  fisheries,  and  in  the  importation  of 
salt,  coal,  iron,  crockery,  etc.  Politically,  he  was  of  the  demo- 
cratic school,  and  quite  prominent.  He  was  in  the  Governor's 
Council,  and  also  represented  his  town  in  the  Legislature.  In  his 
religious  belief,  he  was  a  Methodist,  uniting  with  that  Clmrch  in 
1843. 


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During  tlio  last  seven  years  of  his  life,  his  charitios  were  very 
largely  and  hberally  bestowed  upon  the  needy  an.l  deserving 
He  died  January  12th,  1850. 


N".           Name                           Born.  nied. 

iiciiry  Jarvis,     Mcli.  30.  1703  May    8  183!) 

2100  Sarah  Mllliken,                  1794  Dec.  ao,'  1331 

3  children. 

3101  Mary  Jane.         Oct.    30.  1817  Jan.   31,  1874 

3103  Nancy  Jarvis,     Dec.  20,  1819 


8d  wife. 
2103  Margaret  Parker, 


Married  or  Remark*. 
Mch.  10,  1814. 


Apr.  11.  1843,  Chas. 

Joy. 
Aug.  18,  1840.  Wm. 

G.  Triworgy. 


Fred'k  Jarvi.s, 
2104  Mary  Park(!r, 
10  children. 
8105  Henry  Angus's, 
2100  Fred.  William, 

3107  Charles, 

3108  James  ().. 
2109  Mary  Ann. 
3170  Margaret. 
2171  Philip, 
2173  John  flead, 

2173  Francis  Head, 

2174  Cai    Louisa. 

3(i  wife 
317.-5  Mrs.  Paulina 

Barrch, 

1  child. 
2170  Geo.  A.  Jarvis, 


1803  July  33.  1832 

soos. 

Sept.  88,  1798  Oct.  11,  1878 
1801  July  33,  1843 


Oct.  33,  1833 

Jan.  19,  1884 

Dec.  31,  1835 

Jan.  81.  1837 

Apr.  3,  1839 

Jan.  18,  1831 

May  8,  1838  Oct.  3,  1835 

May  30,  1834 

June  8,  1838 

June  8,  1838 


Oct.  10,  1808 
June  14,  1849 


Apr.  0,  1845. 
Feb.  8.  1849. 
Oct.  1.  1849. 
Dec.  13,  1846. 
Jared  Flagg. 
Ed.  Hinckley. 

Dec.  10,  1802. 
1800. 

Ruins  Osgood. 

Feb.  11,  1849. 
Lizzie  Wakefield. 


No.  Name. 

Leonard  Fitz- 
Edvv.  Jarvis.  Aug.  33,  1819 


7th  Generation. 
Born.  Died. 


2177  Mary  A.  Robison. 

1  child. 

2178  Chas.  Edward,  May    4,  1858    Aug.  18,  1878 


Married  or  Remarks. 

Graduate  of  Bowdoin 
College;  lawyer. 


222  DRHOKNnANTS    OF   NATHANIRL — SKVKNTH    OKNRHATION. 

*  CuARLFS  Edward  Jahvis, 

Tho  only  son  of  L.  F,  Jarvis  of  Vine  Springs,  Columbia,  Cal.,  was 
a  young  man  of  the  greatest  promise.  Born  on  May  4,  J 858,  he 
entered,  at  an  early  age,  Washington  College,  Washington,  (-al. 
There  ho  soon  distinguished  himscdf  by  his  remarkable  intellectual 
vigor,  untiring  industry,  and  unswerving  loyalty  to  the  interests 
and  government  of  the  college.  When  he  reached  his  senior  year 
he  was  offered  the  Valedictory  and  Centennial  orations,  but  was 
obliged,  on  account  of  ill  health,  to  decline  these  coveted  honors 
and  leave  college.  Shortly  after,  he  fell  a  victim  to  the  ravages  of 
consumption. 

His  manly,  dignified  deportment,  his  conscientious  truthfulness, 
kind  and  genial  disposition,  noble  aspirations,  and  calm  trust  in 
the  goodness  and  mercy  of  God,  endeared  him  to  all  who  knew 
him  intimately.  Even  now  he  continues  to  live  in  their  memory 
as  one  whose  shining  brightness  is  not  extinguished,  but  ever 
serves  as  a  beacon  light  to  lead  others  to  imitate  his  example. 


Married  or  Remarks. 


Dec.  25,  1873. 


811  1 . 

No.  Name.  Bom.  Died. 

Howard  Sanford 
Jarvis,  Mch.  28,  1834 

2179  Maria  Reeder. 

3  children. 

2180  Wm.  Pepperrell,  Oct. ,     1874 

2181  Charles  Fitz,     Oct.,        1875 

2182  Neva  Todd,      June    9,  187« 

81  le. 

Francis  Can* 
Jarvis,'  Sept.  11,  1832 

2183  Emma  Wiley. 

3  children. 

2184  Joseph  Russell, Oct.     4,1874 

2185  Leonard  Bradford. 

2186  Eugene  Le  Baron. 

Susan  Pierce  Jarvis,       1809 

2187  Jos.  Thornton  Adams. 

4  children. 

2188  Jeffrey,  1831  1862 

2189  Leonard,  1863 

2190  Susan,  1868 

2191  Ellen  Derby. 

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Died. 


Married  or  KcinarkB. 
Oct.  30,  1848. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Samuel  6.  Jar- 
vis.  M.D..  1816 

2192  Sarah  Jarvis.    July  20,  1826    July     3,  1857 

2  children. 

2193  William,  Sept.  16,  1849 

2194  Leonard.  July  29,  1852 

S  1  SO. 

Russell  Jarvis,  Jan.     8,  1824  June  19.  1862. 

2195  Lucretia  Everett  Rice.  ^ 

3  children. 

2197  Annie  Ladd,     June  22,  1864    April  14.  1867 

2198  Russell,  Dec.  19,  1867 

2199  Wm.  Rice,       Oct.    10,  1871 

Jarvis  Rouse,  Clartsmont,  N.  H. 

[The  following  description  of  this  venerable  old  mansion  is  abbreviated 
from  an  article  which  appeared  in  the  Northern  Advocate,  of  July  18, 1876:] 

"  Here  and  there  in  the  nooks  and  corners  of  old  New  England, 
colonial  mansions  yet  remain,  which  carry  us  back  in  thought  a 
century  or  more.  While  all  else  has  changed,  these  old  houses 
remain  the  same.  They  seem  to  speak  and  tell  us  what  sort  of 
men  our  forefathers  were.  Many  may  be  found  in  the  Connecti- 
cut Valley,  and,  possibly,  the  conservative  influence  of  the  staid 
old  river,  moving  slowly  onward  in  its  course,  may  have  been  the 
cause  of  their  preservation. 

"  Claremont  can  boast  of  one  of  these,  which  is  more  than  ordi- 
narily quaint  and  beautiful,  namely,  the  residence  of  Col.  Russell 
Jarvis,  who  was  born  within  its  walls,  and  has  lived  in  it  ever 
since. 

"  The  great  timbers  of  its  frame  show  that  houses  built  a  century 
ago  were  built  to  stay.  The  immense  piazza,  with  its  giant  colon- 
nade, extending  around  three  sides  of  the  house,  is  nearly  large 
enough  to  contain  as  many  modern  dwellmgs.  The  large  elms  in 
front,  which  spread  their  protecting  arms  above,  are  as  sound  and 
vigorous  as  they  were  a  hundred  years  ago,  but  are  bolted  and 
ironed  through  and  through  that  their  great  weight  may  not  cause 
their  own  destruction.  The  cool  plashing  of  the  fountains  beneath, 
the  whispering  of   the  winds  through  the  branches,  provide  an 


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DE8CKNDANT8    OF    NATHANIEL 8KVENTH    GENEI?ATION. 


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unceasing  natural  melody.  Within  are  to  be  found  an  endless 
variety  of  ancient  furniture  and  bric-a-brac,  which  would  cause  the 
insanity  of  one  possessed  by  the  nr  v  fashionable  mania.  Dark 
carved  secretaries,  chairs,  and  sideboard;  a  fjiano,  which  certainly 
is  one  of  the  oldest  of  its  species,  and  looks  the  personification  of 
modesty  beside  its  more  showy  modern  sister;  china  and  tiles  of 
the  most  quaint  and  curious  pattern ;  pictures  upon  the  walls  which 
unmistakably  show  the  touch  of  the  master-hand — one,  the  posses- 
sion of  which  the  most  lavish  of  modern  collectors  well  might 
envy.  It  represents  Thomyris,  the  Queen  of  the  Scythians,  caus- 
ing the  head  of  Cyrus  to  be  plunged  into  a  vase  filled  with  blood. 
This  painting  has  a  curious  history,  having  been  the  property  of  a 
French  nobleman  living  in  San  Domingo.  During  the  massacre 
of  1791,  his  house  was  burned,  and  in  that  night  of  horrors  he 
escaped,  saving  this,  his  most  valuable  piece  of  property,  and  little 
else  He  fled  with  it  to  Boston,  where  it  was  bought  by  Colonel 
Jarvis's  grandfather.  This  painting  attracted  much  attention  at 
the  art  exhibition  in  Boston  in  1S32,  at  which  very  many  of  the 
finest  works  of  art  in  America  were  exhibited,  Mr.  Jarvis  having 
loaned  it  to  the  association.  In  the  room  devoted  to  masterpieces 
in  the  Louvre,  Paris,  is  to  be  seen  a  picture  by  Rubens,  exactly 
similar  to  this  in  all  respects,  except  that  it  is  somewhat  larger. 
From  the  known  habit  of  the  old  masters  of  painting  duplicates, 
from  the  masterly  coloring,  the  great  pains  taken  to  select  and  save 
this  from  the  conflagration,  and  the  judgment  of  those  whose 
opinions  are  valuable,  there  is  every  reason  to  suppose  that  this  is 
an  original,  the  work  of  the  great  master  himself. 

"  It  would  lead  one  to  too  great  a  length  to  attempt  to  describe 
all  the  objects  of  interest  in  this  rare  old  mansion.  From  the 
grounds  there  are  views  which  are  admired  by  all  who  know  them, 
and  that  of  Ascutney  and  the  valley  was  pronounced  by  Bierstadt 
to  be  one  of  the  finest  he  Had  ever  painted. 

"The  house  is  situated  on  a  farm  of  over  1,000  acres,  on  which 
are  many  heads  of  fine  cattle,  and  about  500  merino  sheep.  Col. 
Jarvis  has  raised  over  200  tons  of  hay  from  this  farm  in  one 
season. 

"  In  the  carriage-house  are  to  be  found  vehicles  which  were  used 
in  the  olden  time.  The  fainily  coach,  a  quaint-looking  structure  of 
enormous  size,  was  built  in  Boston  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
years  ago,  and  was  wont  to  roll  through  the  streets  of  that  city  when 
it  was  but  a  provincial  town.     The  size  and  strength  of  the  running 


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225 


gear  is  simply  immense.  Its  axles  were  forged  by  hand  before 
the  use  of  the  lathe  was  known.  A  curious  box  in  front  is  the 
driver's  lofty  perch;  on  a  platform  behind,  the  footman  stands. 
Inside  it  is  broad  and  roomy.  The  windows  slide  up  and  down  in 
a  curious  sort  of  a  way.  Upon  the  sides  are  capacious  pockets. 
In  short,  this  is  just  such  a  family  coach  as  one  finds  described  in 
the  English  literature  of  a  hundred  years  ago.  Another  carriage 
is  still  more  interesting  in  some  respects.  The  body,  made  of 
bamboo,  was  brought  from  England  some  ninety  years  since,  and 
in  form  and  construction  is  still  a  model  of  beauty.  One  of  the 
ploasantest  assoc'iations  con.iected  with  this  is  that  Marquis  Lafay- 
ette, on  his  visit  to  America  in  1825,  was  conveyed  in  it  from 
Claremont  to  Windsor  by  the  invitation  of  CJolonel  Jarvis's  father. 
"These  old  carriages  had  not  been  disturbed  for  twenty-five 
years,  and  when,  on  Centennial  Independence  Day,  it  was  proposed 
to  bring  them  forth  as  worthy  relics  of  the  past,  it  was  found 
necessary  to  enlarge  the  doors,  which  had  been  constructed  with 
reference  to  the  less  stately  equipages  of  the  present  day." 


Died. 


Married  or  Reinarlis. 


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No.  Name.  Born. 

Ca inline  Jarvis. 
2200  Johu  H.  Uhl. 
2  children. 
3201  Rus.sell  Jarvis. 
2202  Margaretta  Christina. 

IS  1 3S. 

Mary  P.  Spar- 
hawk  Jarvis,  May  21,  180»  Sept.  9.  1829. 

3203  Hon.  Hampden 

Cutis,  Aug.    3,  1803    April  28,  1875 

9  children. 

8304  Edw.Holyoke,  May,        1831  Jan.  10,  1855. 

3205  Eliz.  Bartlett 

Jarvis,  Nov.,       18H3    April   1,  1834 

2206  Anna  Holyoke, June  17,  1835  Aug.  24,  1861. 

2207  Eliz.  Bartlett,  Aprill 2,  1837    Feb.,        1864    Apr.  27,  1861,  Alf.  R. 

Bullard,  M.D. 

2208  Wm.  Jarvis,     June  30,  April,       1853 
3209  Mary  Pepper- 

rell  Carter,    May     2,  1843    Aug.  18,  1848 
8310  Hampden,         Aug.  19,  1845    August,   1848 
3211  Charles  Jarvis,  March.     1848    Sept.  13,  1863 
3812  Harriet  Louisa,  Feb.     1,1851 
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226  DESCENDANTS   OF    NATHANIKL — HEVKNTH    GENERATION. 

MB8.    MaKY    PePPEBRELL   SpaRHAWK    (^ITTTS 

Was  born  in  Lisbon,  May  21,  1809.  She  was  the  eldest  child  of 
William  Jarvis,  then  American  Consul  and  Charge  d^ Affaires,  and 
Mary  Pepperrell  Sparhawk. 

In  1829,  she  married  the  Hon.  Hampden  Cutts  of  Portsmouth, 
N.H.,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  and  a  lawyer  of  much  ability, 
who  was  distinguished  for  his  eloquence,  scholarly  attainments,  and 
polished  manners. 

Later  in  life,  he  was  appointed  Judge,  and  was  four  years  a 
member  of  the  Legislature,  three  years  Senator,  and  until  his 
death,  Vice-President  of  the  New  England  Historical  and  (renea- 
logical  Society. 

Mrs.  Cutts  inherits  her  father's  good  practical  sense,  his  taste  for 
litorature,  energy,  uprightness  of  character,  and  warm  and  benevo- 
lent heart,  together  with  her  mother's  piety  and  love  of  reading. 

At  the  time  of  the  purchase  of  "Mount  Vernon"  by  the  ladies 
of  the  Union,  she  was  Vice-Regent  for  Vermont,  and  labored  for 
this  patriotic  cause  with  her  characteristic  energy  and  enthusiasm. 
She  has  been  an  occasional  contributor  to  the  press,  and,  after  the 
death  of  her  father,  wrote  a  valuable  work  entitled  "  The  Life  and 
Times  of  William  Jarvis,"  Riverside  Press.  This  biography  is  inter- 
esting, and  contains  much  valuable  historical  information.  It  is  a 
work  of  much  merit,  entitling  her  to  a  high  rank  as  an  authoress, 
displaying  the  amiable  qualities  of  her  heart  in  the  sacred  relations 
of  daughter,  wife,  and  mother.  She  is  d.^  tinguished  for  her  piety, 
her  hospitality,  and  love  of  children;  and  her  house  is  the  resort 
of  both  young  and  old,  and  the  charm  of  her  relatives  and  friends. 


SI  30. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Eliz.  B.  Jarvis,  Feb.  22,  1811     July,        1848 

2213  David  Everett  Wheeler. 

3  children. 

2214  Mary  Eliza'th,  May     7,  1837    Nov.    7,  1838 

2215  Everett  Pepper- 

rell,  Mcb.  10,  1840 

2216  Mary  Hannah,  Feb.  23,  1842 

David  E.  Wheeler 


Married  or  Kemarki>. 
Feb.  14,  1833. 


Nov.  22,  181)6. 
May  24,  1865. 


Was  the  son-in-law  of  Consul  Jarvis,  marrying  his  daughter.  Miss 
Elizabeth  Bartlett  Jarvis,  Feb.  14,  1833.  He  was  the  second  son 
of  John  B.  Wheeler,  who  was  a  wealthy  merchant  of  Orford, 
N.  H.     His  father  died  Aug.  26,  1842. 


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Mr.  Wheeler  prosecuted  his  preparatory  studies  for  college  at 
Kimball  Union  Academy  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.  He  was  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  College  in  1827,  and  spent  one  year  at  the  Law 
School  in  Cambridge,  Mass.  He  then  went  to  New  York,  where 
he  studied  law  two  years  with  Hon.  Jonas  Piatt,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  in  September,  1830.  He  resided  in  New  York  until 
the  time  of  his  death. 

In  1844,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Assembly  of  New  York,  and 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  city. 

For  four  years,  he  was  the  Editor  of  two  periodicals  printed  in 
New  York,  and  while  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  he  published 
a  Report  on  the  Quarantine  Laws,  and,  in  1851,  a  discourse  before 
the  Order  of  United  Americans. 

He  married,  for  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Myra  Ann  Haxtou  of 
New  York,  daughter  oi  John  M.  Raymond  of  Kent,  Conn., 
Feb.  6,  1854. 

He  was  a  gqod  lawyer,  an  honored  member  of  the  Bar,  and 
in  all  the  relations  of  life,  was  highly  esteemed  as  a  man  of  elegant 
manners,  a  kind  and  affectionate  husband,  and  Christian  gentle- 
man. 


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Name.  Born. 

Harr'tB.  Jarvis,  Feb.     8,1820 
3217  Rev.  J.  DeForest 
Richards, 
0  children. 
2318  Wm.  Jarvis, 
2219  DeForest, 
3220  Anna  Bartlett, 
3321  Jarvis, 

3332  Sarah  Margaret,  Oct. 

3333  Bartlett,  Jan. 


June  11,  1844 
Aug.  5,  1846 
Apr.  18,  1849 
Sept.  15,  1852 
21,  1867 
6,  1861 


Died. 


Dec.    3,  1873 


Oct.   21,  1849 


Mch.  13,  1858 


Married  or  Remarlce. 
Aug.,  1843. 


Mrs.  Harriet  Bartlett  Richards 

Was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Consul  Jarvis,  and  inherited  much  of 
her  father's  character.  She  was  noble,  generous,  and  warm- 
hearted, and,  like  her  sister,  Mrs.  Dinsmore,  was  suxTounded  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends. 

Since  the  death  of  h-  r  husband,  December  2,  1872,  she  has 
devoted  herself  to  the  (  Jucation  of  her  children,  and  her  whole 
life  abounds  with  kindness,  charity,  and  benevolence. 

M.  P.  S.  C. 


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DKSCKNDANTS    OF    NATIIANIKI, — SEVKNTH   OKNKKATION. 


8140. 


No.         "Name. 

Burn 

n 

Katlmrine  L. 

Jarvis, 

r)(!0.  25, 

1832 

2224  Col.  LeiivittHunt,' 

6  children. 

2225  ClydeDuVernct.May  30, 

1H«1 

2226  Jurvls, 

Aug.    5, 

1H»3 

2227  Maud  Dacre, 

July, 

1804 

2228  Nina. 

Mch., 

1866 

2229LeavlttB., 

1868 

2230  Morris  B., 

Mcb., 

1871 

Died.  Married  or  Remarks. 

July.  1860. 


1871 


William  Jarvis,  Apr.  25,  ISII     Jan.    30,  1S63    Dec.  9,  1884. 

2231  Phcbe  Perkins,  Oct.     5.  1813    May  12,  1838 

2  children. 

2232  Wm.  Henry,       Sept.  30,  1835     Sept.  18,  1837 

2233  Phebe  Perkins,  May  15,  1838    Feb.     1,  1803    Albert  Treat. 

2d  wife. 
3234  Lydia  D,  Brida:- 

ham,  July,        1823 

3  children. 

2235  Henrietta  A.,      July  20,  1842 

2236  Charles  W.,        June    5,1845 

2237  Edward  B.,         Apr.,        1852 

John  Head 
Jarvis,  Mch.  27.  1814  Sept.  14.  1836. 

2238  Sarah  Elizabeth 

Hovey,  Jidy   11,  1819 

1  child. 

2239  Delia  Farley, «    Nov.    4,1839  Sept.  13.  1866. 

John  Head  Jarvis,  Jr., 

The  subject  of  the  present  sketch,  was  the  son  of  John  H.  and 
Rebecca  Jarvis,  and  commenced  his  business  education  with  the 
house  of  Witherle  &  Jarvis,  about  the  year  1830.  In  ISSf),  he 
commenced  business  for  himself  in  Ellsworth,  Maine.  In  1843, 
he  returned  to  Castine,  and  formed  a  copartnership  with  his 
brothers,  under  the  firm  name  of  WiUiam  &  John  H.  Jarvis  &  Co., 

1  Son  of  the  Hon.  Jonathan  Hunt  of  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
"Married  John  C.  Chamberlain,  who  died  August  11,  1867;  December 
13,  1871,  Thomas  D.  Chamberlain. 


DRSCKNDANTS   OP    NATHANIKI. — SKVENTH    OENKRATION.  '229 

doing  an  extensive  trade,  one  branch  of  which  was  furnishing 
supplies  to  more  than  sixty  sail  of  fishermen,  annually. 

They  were  also  largely  interested  in  navigation,  and  in  the 
importation  of  salt,  iron,  coal,  etc. 

Mr.  Jarvis  witlulrew  from  the  firm  in  1857.  He  has  frequently 
been  impoiluned  to  accept  offices  of  honor  and  trust,  which  he 
has  almost  invariably  declined.  Among  the  offices  olferod  were 
Governor's  Council,  Bank  Commissioner,  Treasurer  of  Howdoin 
College,  Representative  to  the  State  Ijegislature,  with  many  others. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Frederick  Au- 
gustus Jarvis,  July  26,  1810 

2240  Fran  cesM.Flagg. 

6  children. 

2241  Josephine  Head, Sept.  22.  1842 

2242  Francis  Plllsb'y,  Aug.  26,  1844 

2243  Sarah  Jane,        July    3,  1847 

2244  Maria  Sanford,  June  25,  1850 

2245  Ann  Olney,         Mch.  21,  1852 

2246  Fred.  Wm.,        Mch.  17.  1857 


Died. 


Married  or  Remarkfl. 
Sept.  9,  1841. 

(teo.  Comb  Folsom. 


SI  S3. 


Francis  Henry 
Jarvis,  F'eb.     3,  1819 

2247  Caroline  Head 

Hovcy.  June  80,  1821 

4  children. 

2248  Frank  Seymour,  Jan.    21,  1848 

2249  Emma  lioblns,   June  21,  1849 

2250  Mary  Elizabeth,  June  20,  1854 

2251  Wni.  Hovey.       Aug.  15,  1856 


Dec.  24,  1840. 


Ohas.Ed.  Jarvls,Fcb.     1,1828     Dec,  17,  1862    Mch.  12,  1854. 
2252  (/'aroiiue  M.  Jordan. 

1  cliihi. 
2254  Julia  Alice,         Aug.  27.  1855 


S  1  SO. 

Geo.  ^\  asliiug- 
ton  Jarvis,        July  12,  1832     Oct.    19,1869    Aug.  7.  1862. 
2255  Lucy  A.  Verrill. 
3  chi'dren. 


-I'^Ta 


230 


DRSCENDANTB   OF    NATHANIEL — SKVENTII    OENRRATTON. 


No.  Name.  Born.  Died.  Married  or  Remarkv. 

3256  Gtio.  Howard,  Aug.    4,  1864    Oct.     9.  1869 

2357  Annie  G.,  Dec.  27,  1800 

3258  Henry  W..  Aug.  15,  1809 

Henry  A.Jarvis.Oct.   22,1823  Apr.  6,  1845. 

2259  Nancy  A.  Joy,  Apr.  28,  1820 

12  children. 
3860  Anna  Head 

Jarvis,  .Ian.     8,  1840     Auj^.  18,  1848 

3361  Fred.  Augustus,  Feb.  36,  1847     Aug.  10,  1848 
2202  Henry  Herbert,  Jan.    17,  1840 

2263  Mary  Parker,     May  20,  1851  Byrou  G.  Mor^e. 

3364  Harriet  Head,  July  34,  1853 
2365  Arthur  Edward,Feb.  30,  1855 
3266  Anna  Lee,  Nov.  19,  1856 

2267  Everard  Angus., July  10,  1857    May     6,1858 
3?'!8  Irving  Austin,    Dec.  85,  1859 
3369  Hollis  Joy,  Feb.  89,  1801 

2270  Fred.  William,  Oct.  2,  1863 
2371  Mabel  Sadie,       Aug.  88,  1866    Jan.    13,  1875 

Fred.  Wm.  Jarvis, Jan.  19,  1834  Feb.  8,  1849. 

3373EmilineP.Milli- 

ken.  May  17,  1834 

Child. 

3373  Annie  Flagg  Jarvis,  1857    Jan.   30,  1863 

Charles  Jarvis,   Dec.  31,1825  x  Oct.  1,  1849. 

3374  Julia  A.  Barrch.Oct.    33,  1833     Aug.  88,  1868 

4  children. 

2375  Chas.  P. ,  July  30,  1850 

3876  Fred.  A. ,  Jan.  39,  1853 

3377  Ellen  B.,  Aug.  14,  1856 

8378  Caroliiu'  A.,  Dec.  35,  1858    Mch.  18,  1874 


Rosabella  Lord. 


5S  1  OS. 

James  O.  Jarvis, Jan.   81,  1837 
8379  Augusta  Barrch,  July    6,  1830 
3  children. 

3380  James  Edmund,  Feb.  13,  1849 

3381  Lizzie  Maud,      Mch.  88,  1854    Mch.  31,  1867 
8388  Howard  Barrch. Mch.  30,  1858 


Dec.  13,  1840. 
Elizabeth  C.  Brown. 


DESCENDANTS   Of    NATIIANIKI, —  KtOIITH    OKNKHATION. 


231 


No.  Name.  Born 

Jolin  H.  Jiiivi.s,  May  ;«»,  18i{4 
2288  Emmilim- Harr(;li,.InMc7.1Ht4     Si-pl.    :J,  18(0) 

1  child. 
3284  Ida  May  .larviH,  Sopl.    7,  im,l 


wirjus. 

Diod. 

Miinicd  iir  Uemfirkit. 

^i{4 

\h'V.  10,  |H(i2. 

« 1  r:i. 


Fr'ncisH.JarviH.Juuc    8,  18;J8 
2285  Lucy  Orindle. 
1  child. 

2386  0(!orgc,  1868 

3d  wife. 

2387  Lama  Fruthy. 

3  children. 
2288  Bainbridgc,         Apr.  2«,  1873 
2380  Julia  B,,  Oct.,         1874 


iH(ii). 


8th  Genehation. 

No.  Name.  Born.  Died. 

Ed.  H.  Cutts,     May         1831 
3290  Annie  Sherwood. 

9  children. 
2291  Wm.  Hampden, Oct.    26,  1856    Oct.    35,  1883 
3202  Mary  Sherwood, May     1,1858    Aug.  31,  1877 
3393  Eliz.  Bartlett,    Nov.  35,  t8(i0 
2294  Edw'd  Duncan,  Jan.   15,  1863    Mar.  13,  1863 
3395  Katie  Anna,        Oct.     6,  1866 

2296  Lillian  Ursula,    Sept.  16.  1808 

2297  Hampden.  July  26,  1870 

2298  Winnifrcd,         June    9,  1874 

2299  Margaret  Anna,  May  23,  1876 


Married  or  Remarks 
Jan.  10,  1855. 


Captain  Edward  Holyoke  Outts 

Was  the  eldest  grandson  of  Consul  Jarvis,  and  was  educated  at 
Thetford  Academy,  and  at  the  Military  College  at  Norwich,  Ver- 
mont. He  afterward  prosecuted  his  mathematical  studies  with  a 
civil  engineer,  and  was  fitted  for  that  profession,  but  concluding  to 
try  his  fortune  in  the  far  "West,  he  joined  an  acquaintance  at  Red 
Wing,  Wisconsin.  Not  liking  that  region,  he  went  to  Minnesota, 
then  almost  an  unknown  territory,  in  company  with  two  other 


232 


nKBCKNDANTH   OF    NATHAMKL — KIOIITII    OKNKRATION. 


I 


r: 


I 


youtifj  men.  On  foot,  each  with  a  kiiapHack,  ap()(rk«it  coinpaHH,  and 
a  liatchot,  thoy  travellml  for  throo  dayw,  when  tliny  found  li()H))ifa- 
l»l(>  f|uart('rs  with  a  Krcncli  f^nnthnnan,  wlio  had  niarriod  thtMJHUf^h- 
t<>r  of  an  Indian  chitif.  Tho  nanio  of  th((  Frrmdinian  waw  Kari- 
luudt,  and  undor  hin  advico,  Mr.  (JuttH  Holoctcul  a  trtu'l  of  (Jovcrn- 
nient  hind  on  the  Strait  Kivor,  about  four  tnikw  diHtant,  cond)in- 
ing  praino,  woodland,  and  bhilTH.  lloro  l»o  "Hot  up  stakes,"  wh«'n 
ho  Hoon  returned  to  Ked  Wing  for  oxen,  a  stove,  provisions,  (it(!. 
He  was  one  of  the  cldcwt  pioneers  of  Minnesota,  an<l  (h'voted  liiniself 
to  agiicuhim!  for  many  yj^ars,  witnessing  the;  growth  of  Karihault, 
from  a  small  settlement  of  one  house,  and  a  few  s(]uatters  and 
Indian  huts,  till  it  beeame  a  flourishing  city,  with  churches,  banks, 
(lour  milla,  etc.  lie  saw,  under  the  missioiuiry  influence  of  Mishop 
Whipple,  and  Kev.  Dr.  Buck,  a  cathedral,  a  grammar-school  tV)r  boys, 
a  college,  a  beautiful  chapel,  and  a  ynung  ladies'  seminary  (wtab- 
lished. 

With  energy,  fortitude,  and  firmness,  Mr.  ("utts  endured  the  pri- 
vations and  hardships  of  pioneer  life,  and  his  integrity  and  honor- 
able conduct  won  the  esteem  and  rispect  of  all  who  knew  him. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  war,  he  left  his  wife  and  children, 
to  serve  his  country  as  a  [trivate  soldier,  and  was  first  ordered  out 
against  the  Indians,  who  had  made  a  raid  upon  the  settlement. 

In  October,  1H61,  he  was  attacked  with  a  malignant  typhoid 
fever,  and,  but  for  the  devoted  care  of  his  wife,  who  went  to  the 
camp  to  nurse  him,  and  the  interposition  of  Dr.  Ibuik,  from  whom 
he  received  much  attention,  and  many  sanitary  privileges,  he  must 
have  fallen  a  victim  to  the  disease. 

After  his  recovery,  he  was  permitted  to  go  to  Philadelphia  to 
pursue  his  military  studies,  where  he  received  commendation  and 
promotion,  and  was  ordered  to  Arlington  Heights.  About  this 
time,  his  two  little  sons  died,  and  in  this  great  trial,  Dr.  Buck 
looked  kindly  and  tenderly  after  the  alllicted  wife.  After  the  war, 
Mr.  Cuttsand  his  wife  joined  the  ''  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd." 

Just  before  the  close  of  the  war,  Capt.  Cutts  was  attacked  with 
malarial  fever  at  Petersburgh,  Va.,  and  was  consequently  disabled 
from  marching  to  Richmond  with  the  victorious  army,  greatly  to 
his  disappointment.  As  soon  as  he  was  able,  he  visited  his  par- 
ents in  Brattleboro,  and  then  returned  to  his  home  in  Minnesota. 
He  has  recently  sold  his  farm,  and  built  himself  a  home  in  Fari- 
bault, on  account  of  the  superior  privileges  afforded  by  it,  of  attend- 
ing public  worship,  and  of  educating  his  children. 


©MCENDADTH   or    NATIIANIEI KIOMTII    OKNKHATION. 


2;{3 


No.  Name.  h,,,,,. 

Anriii  U.  (!llft^.,  Jim.'  17,  IWW 

2aO()  A.  'rniml.iill 

Ilowaid,  Nov.     I.  IHItO 

7  cliildifti. 
C«'(il  Miiiiipdoii.Hcpl.  r».  1803 
Miiry  (JiillH,  Fcl).  22,  1«(W 
Kdilli  EliziilM'tli,.Iiiii.  24,  1H(IH 
Uo.s(i  .JiiiviH,  Auk.  -7,  1H0I» 
Maud  .larviH,  .Tidy  H»,  1H71 
Clias.  'rruiuhull.Ocl.  18,  1H7!J 
I'Mward  Klliol,,   Jidy     2,  1H7« 


DlciJ. 


Marriod  or  itcnmrk*. 
Aug.  34,  IHdl. 


2801 

2«oa 
2m\ 
2im 

2'im 
2.m 


Hepl.  1»,  IH(W 
A  111!:.  17.  IH70 
July  23.  187a 


V5t^  I  rj. 

Kvorctf  I*. 

WhwU'T,  Mill.  1((,  1810 

3JJ08  Lydia  lioriaim,- 

Hodges. 

5  childniri. 
2iHm  Annie  Lorraiii(;,()ol.    !J0,  1808 
8810 Ethel  .Iiirvis,       Apr.  18,1871 
3311  David  Everett,    Nov.  23,  1872 

3313  Winifred  Fay.     Aug.  30,  1875 
2313  Beutiice. 

Mary  11. 
Wheeler,  Feb.  23,  1842 

3314  Rev.  Corneliu.s 

B.  Smith. 
3  ehildren. 

3315  Mabel  Wheeler,  Sept.    8,  1807 

3316  Everett.  Pep- 

pcrrell,  Sept.  31,  1801) 

3317  Clar'ce  Bishop,  Oct.    17,  1873 


Nov.  83,  1800. 


May  34,  1865, 


30 


234 


DKSCKNDANTS    OF   JOHN    JARV18. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  JOHN  JAR  VIS. 

In  introducing  the  branch  of  our  genoalogy,  to  whicli  the  emi- 
nent statistician  and  physiologist,  Dr.  Edward  Jarvis,  belongs,  we 
cannot  do  better  than  give  a  synopsis  of  one  of  his  letters  to  Dr. 
Milton  B.  Jarvis  of  Oanastota,  N.  Y.,  dated  Mch.  16,  1870. 

In  this  letter,  he  gives  an  account  of  his  exttmsive  laljors  in  endeav 
oring  to  obtain  reliable  information  of  his  ancestors,  and,  also,  the 
results  at  which  he  has  arrived  regarding  them.     He  says: 

"  For  thirty  years,  I  have  examined  the  Boston,  Cambridge,  and 
Dorchester  town  and  church  records,  grave-stones,  probate  rec- 
ords, wills,  administrations  for  250  years,  Brewster's  transcripts, 
deeds,  mortgages,  household  bills,  genealogical  registers,  directo- 
ries, and  newspapers;  have  had  much  correspondence,  and  collected 
the  records  in  families,  obituaries,  etc. 

"  Including  these,  I  have  a  great  quantity  of  fragments  of  fainily 
history.  Out  of  these  I  have  endeavored  to  form  a  complete 
account  from  the  first  of  the  name  to  the  many  now  living,  but 
although  I  have  so  much  material,  I  yet  want  more  to  complete  the 
connection  of  the  generations,  and  have  many  Melchizedeks,  with- 
out father  or  mother,  and  some  of  these  stand  alone,  without  either 
parents  or  children.  (For  many  of  these  records,  see  Appendices 
C.  and  G.) 

"The  first  notice  I  find  of  the  name  is  John  Jarvis,  merchant, 
who  died  July  24th,  l(i48.  Another  notice  of  John  Jarvis  is  in  the 
mention  of  an  estate  October,  1651.  In  another  administration  of 
an  estate  the  name  of  Mr.  Jarvis  is  again  introduced.  Nothing  is 
known  of  any  of  this  name. 

"  On  the  18th  of  September,  1661,  we  find  the  marriage  of  John 
Jarvis  to  Rebecca  Parkman,  by  Richard  Belingham,  Deputy  Oov- 
ernor,  yet  he  may  have  been  the  son  of  the  other  John,  who  died 
in  1648.  Th(!  family  has  been  in  Boston  from  that  time  until  now, 
and  in  some  families  these  lines  are  traceable. 

'»  From  1749,  for  a  period  of  a  hundred  years,  the  records  Wfre 
neglected,  and  it  is  impossible  to  trace  families  through  that  century, 
except  from  family  records  and  other  casual  agencies, 

"The  tradition  that  seems  to  me  the  most  reliable  is,  that  John 
Jarvis,  our  first  ancestor,  in  Boston,  came  from  Yorkshire,  Eng- 


DKS0ENDANT8   OF   JOHN   JARVIS. 


235 


but 


land.  The  name  of  Jarvis,  Jervise,  Jarvise,  and  Jervis,  is  very 
common  in  Yorkshire,  and  especially  in  the  city  of  York,  but, 
probably,  not  very  common  in  the  South  ^r  England.  I  did  not 
find  it  in  the  London  Directory,  nor  see  a  sign  with  the  name 
in  London,  Liverpool,  Birmingham,  or  elsewhere  in  England  or 
Scotland.  When  I  dined  with  the  Society  of  Veterans  in  London, 
I  was  made  to  speak.  The  Newmarket  Secretary  of  the  London 
Statistical  Society,  in  a  speech,  afterwards,  pointing  to  me,  said: 
"  Our  guest  and  friend  is  one  of  us.  You  see  he  is  Yorkshire. 
We  recognize  it  in  his  voice  and  his  manner  of  speech.  He  has 
been  gone  only  seven  yenerations,  and  coJiies  back.  We  recognize 
him,"  meaning  that  I  reseml)led  the  family  in  Yorkshire. 

"  There  are  Jarvises  in  Scotland,  also  in  Ireland.  In  France,  the 
name  is  Gervaise. 

"  I  have  put  these  facts  or  names  into  a  genealogical  chart,  that  is, 
those  that  seem  to  have  a  home  in  my  line,  yet  I  have  many  names 
for  which  1  can  find  no  connection. 

"  Unfortunately,  my  grandfather,  John  Jarvis,  finds  no  recorded 
father.  Traditionally,  he  was  born  in  Boston,  married  in  1765,  to 
my  grandmother.  Miss  Bowmon,  then  twenty-three  years  of  age. 

"In  1785,  with  the  spirit  of  adventure,  he  w^ent  to  the  interior 
of  New  York,  leaving  his  family  in  Massachusetts.  He  was  not 
heard  from  again  alive,  but  a  returning  traveller  brought  intelli- 
gence that  soon  after  reaching  the  new  region,  he,  or  rather  a  Mr. 
Jarvis  from  Massachusetts,  was  taken  ill  and  died  suddenly,  but 
could  not  designate  the  place." 

We  also  extract  the  following  notes  from  Dr.  Edward  Jarvis's 
collections  : 

"Nathaniel  Jai'vis  was  born  IfiSl,  in  Boston,  moved  from  Bos- 
ton in  1755,  to  Cambridge,  where  he  purchased  an  estate  a  few  rods 
northwest  of  the  common,  on  the  northeast  side  of  the  road  from 
Cambridge  to  West  Cambridge  (Ai'lington),  which  estate  was  in 
the  hands  of  the  family  as  late  as  185.3,  and  occupied  by  his  two 
daughters,  Mary,  widow  of  Phinehas  Stone,  then  89  years  old,  and 
Rebecca  Parkham  Jarvis,  then  82  years  of  age. 

"  The  estate  is  still  (July  \i\  J 868),  called  the  Jarvis  estate  and 
was  lately  bought  by  the  College.'' 


^?mi 


!J,J    II.IIJAIJJIIJPJ 


236 


DESCKNDANTS   OF   JOHK — 8KC0ND   ftEXKRATION. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  JOHN. 

1st  Generation. 


No. 
2319 

2320 
2321 
2322 
2323 
2324 
2325 
2326 
2327 
2328 


Name.  Born. 

John  Jarvis, 
Elizabeth  Bowmen, 

9  children. 
John,  Oct.     3,  17G7 

Francis.  Aug.  28,  1708 

Sam'lBowmon,Aiig.  11,  1770 


Died.  Married  or  Remark?. 

j  Oct.  30, 1765.   Bothres- 
Nov.  16,  1819  (     idents  of  Camb'dge. 


Mry 
Oft. 


25,  1802 
1,  1840 


Stephen, 

Caleb, 

Sarah, 

Elizabeth, 

Susan, 

Ann, 


-Tan.  9,  1772 
Aug.  25,  1773 
1776 
1778 
1780 
1784 


April  25,  1835 


April  7,  1793. 

Margaret  Wool. 

May  10,  1798. 
Elihu  Janes. 

Abel  Prescott. 


2d  Generation. 
S3SO. 

No.  Name.  Bom.  Died. 

John  Jarvis,     Oct.     3,  1767    May   25,  1802 
2329  Sally  Cunning- 


Married  or  Remarks. 
April  7,  1793. 


ham, 

5  children. 

2331  John, 

2332  Sally, 

2333  John,  Jr., 

2334  James, 
2385  Asa, 


May   11,  1816 

June  23,  1794  May   23,  1796 
Dec.  10,  1795 

Aug.  19,  1797  Jan.      2,  1855 

April  28,  1799  June    1,  1822 

May  27,  1802  Feb.   27,  1803 


Jan.  6,  1822. 


S3tJ  I . 

FrancisJarvis.Aug.  28,  1768    Oct.      1,1840    Deacon. 
2336  Milicent  Hosmer,  1768    April  23.  1826 

7  children. 


2337  Francis, 

2338  Mira, 

2339  Louisa, 

2340  Charles, 

2341  Edward, 

2342  Stephen, 

2343  Nathan, 


Nov.    5,  1794  April    5.  1875     Phcbe  ITubbard ;  1  son. 

May  30,  1790  Nov.     1,  IHOO 

Nov.    7,  1798  May     7,  1815 

Nov.  27,  1800  Feb.   24,  1826 

Jan.     9,  1803  Almira  Hunt  of  Dor 

Chester. 

April  27,  1806  June  13,  1855    Lydia  G.  Prescott. 

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[The  following  sketch  of  Dr.  Edward  Jarvis  was  written  by  the  Rev. 
George  W.  Hosmer  of  Newton,  Mass.,  who  was  his  townsman,  lifelong 
friend,  and  college  classmate.] 

Dr.  Edward  Jarvis 

Was  born  in  Concord.  Mass.,  Jan.  9,  1803.  His  father,  Francis 
Jarvis,  came  to  Concord,  a  young  man,  in  1789.  He  married 
Milicent  Hosmer,  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  in  town. 
They  had  seven  children,  five  sons  and  two  daughters.  One  of 
the  daughters  died  very  young,  while  the  other  passed  away  in 
the  beauty  of  young  maidenhood.  This  family  was  among  the 
most  respectable  in  t'.  wn. 

Mr,  Jarvis,  for  forty  years,  was  an  active  and  leading  citizen. 
He  was,  originally,  a  baker,  and  began  his  business  life  in  Concord, 
in  ]  790,  at  the  end  of  his  twenty-second  year.  His  home  and 
place  of  business  were  in  the  centre  of  the  village,  next  to  the 
meeting-house.  In  his  day,  a  baker's  establishment  was  a  large 
and  respectable  business,  and  only  the  larger  towns  had  bakeries. 
To  distribute  and  sell  the  bread  in  all  that  vicinity  was  as  laborious 
as  to  make  it.  From  the  beginning  Mr.  Jan'is  was  successful. 
He  seldom  made  mistakes,  and  whatever  he  touched  seemed  to 
prosper  in  a  quiet,  slow  way,  but  surely. 

Aside  from  his  bakery,  he  had  a  natural  taste  for  gardening  and 
agriculture,  and,  in  179."^,  began  the  purchase  of  land.  To  his 
original  purchase,  he  added,  from  time  to  time,  other  fields,  until 
his  farm  was  sufficient  for  his  occupation;  and  ultimately  he  gave 
his  exclusive  attention  to  its  cultivation. 

While  yet  a  young  man,  his  leisure  hours  were  spent  in  useful 
and  thoughtful  reading,  and  he  longed  to  turn  from  the  farm,  the 
bread  and  its  distribution,  to  a  student's  life.  He  would  have 
prepared  for  college,  when  his  name  might  have  been  known  as 
that  of  a  profound  lawyer,  but  he  could  not  dispose  of  his  bu.siness 
and  property  satisfactorily.  He,  consequently,  kept  on  in  the  even 
tenor  of  his  way,  and,  by  wise  economy  and  enterprise,  conducted 
a  useful  business,  acquired  a  competency,  and  for  long  years  was 
loved  and  honored  as  one  of  the  most  intelligent  and  virtuous 
citizens.  Possessing  an  active  mind,  he  was  well-informed  in 
history,  philosophy,  political  economy,  and  especially  in  works  of 
divinity  and  morals.  He  made  it  a  practice  to  read  his  Bible 
through  each  year. 

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judgment  was  trustworthy,  and  his  approbation  for  a  young  man 
or  woman  was,  to  them,  a  fortune.  Calm  and  self-posressed,  he 
shrank  from  cheap  notoriety.  He  never  cared  much  for  office, 
but  was  always  ready  for  duty,  burdens,  and  sacrifice.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  Legislature,  and  for  many  years  was  one  in 
an  honored  line  of  deacons  in  the  Unitarian  Church.  As  the 
writer  looks  back  through  sixty  years  to  Concord  as  it  was  in  his 
boyhood,  the  grave,  saintly  face  of  Deacon  Jarvis  in  the  seat  of 
honor  in  front  of  the  pulpit,  is  one  of  the  prominent  figures  in  the 
old  meeting  house. 

The  home  of  Deacon  Jarvis  was  a  model.  Mrs.  Jarvis  was  a 
gentle,  loving  woman,  and  her  heart  was  bound  up  in  her  family. 
She  was  greatly  respected  and  beloved,  and  her  children  "  rose  up 
and  called  her  blessed." 

The  eldest  son,  Francis,  remained  with  his  father,  and  took  his 
business.  In  his  later  years  he  became  a  farmer,  and  was  a  highly 
respectable  citizen  of  Concord.  He  died  in  1875,  at  the  age  of 
eighty. 

Charles,  the  second  son,  was  educated  at  Harvard  University, 
graduated  in  1821,  took  his  medical  degree  in  1824,  and  settled  as 
a  physician  in  Bridgewater,  Mass.  He  was  a  most  worthy,  promis- 
ing young  man,  "one  who  did  not  need  the  smart  of  folly  to  make 
him  wise,  nor  the  sting  of  guilt  to  make  him  virtuous."  Greatly 
beloved  by  those  who  knew  his  worth,  and  with  his  excellent  and 
thorough  medical  preparatio)),  he  would  have  been  a  useful  and 
honored  member  of  his  profession,  but  a  fatal  disease  fell  upon  his 
young  life,  and  with  beautiful  and  manly  resignation  he  turned 
back  from  his  prospects  of  success,  and  died  in  1826,  in  the  twenty- 
sixth  year  of  his  age. 

Stephen,  the  fourth  son,  was  born  in  1806.  He  was  an  energetic 
and  enterprising  youth,  went  to  sea,  rose  early  to  be  master  of  a 
ship,  and  was  successful,  but  lameness,  from  a  fall  on  his  vessel, 
compelled  him  to  leave  the  sea,  when  he  joined  his  brother  Nathan 
in  the  wholesale  drug  business  in  New  Orleans. 

Nathan,  the  fifth  son,  was  born  in  Concord  in  1808.  He  learned 
his  business  in  Boston,  and,  for  many  years,  was  an  extensive  and 
successful  merchant  in  New  Orleans.  He  was  distinguished  for 
integrity  and  enterprise.  Both  brothers,  within  four  years,  were 
lost — Nathan,  in  1851,  by  the  explosion  of  a  steamer  on  the  Missis- 
sippi, and  Stephen,  suddenly,  in  1855.  He  left  one,  and  Nathan 
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Doctor  Edward  Jarvis,  the  third  son,  now  a  resident  of  Boston, 
in  the  Dorchester  district,  is  in  his  seventy-sixth  year.  In  the 
"oiici  sketches  the  writer  has  given  of  his  parents,  family,  and  early 
home,  he  has  prepared  the  background  for  a  picture  of  his  school- 
fellow, college  classmate,  and  lifelong  friend.  It  is  a  labor  of  love 
to  make  the  delineation.  It  is  a  privilege  to  portray  a  fine  person, 
to  describe  a  noble  character. 

Doctor  Jarvis  had  his  earliest  education  in  that  good  home,  so 
full  of  love  and  wisdom,  and  then  he  went  to  the  public  schools 
of  (yoncord.  which  have  always  been  excellent.  I  think  he  read 
more  books  than  most  boys,  and  that  he  saw  better  life  about  him 
than  many  boys  ever  know  or  experience. 

Seventy  years  ago,  enterprise  in  this  country  was  greatly  quick- 
ened in  the  direction  of  woolen  manufactures.  Merino  sheep  were 
imported,  and  superior  cloths  began  to  be  made.  Many  young 
men  turned  their  attention  to  the  manufacture  of  woolens,  and 
young  Jarvis  among  the  rest.  He  became  an  apprentice  in  a 
famous  establishment.  Rock  Bottom  in  Stow,  and,  for  a  year  or 
two,  was  looking  forward  to  that  kind  of  service  as  his  life-work; 
but  a  change  of  purpose  came  over  him,  and  he  preferred  to  culti- 
vate his  mental  rather  than  his  physical  organization.  He  was, 
therefore,  prepared  for  college  at  Westford  Academy,  and  entered 
Harvard  in  1822.  In  college  he  was  known  as  a  genial  friend,  as 
a  young  man  of  ability  and  of  decided  principles.  He  was  a  good 
general  scholar,  but  not  ambitious  of  college  rank,  and  he  studied 
and  read  much  more  widely  than  the  prescribed  course.  An  inci- 
dent occurred  to  reveal  his  high  moral  sense.  'I'here  were  funds 
then,  though  small  compared  with  the  large  and  numerous  founda- 
tions now  at  Harvard,  for  students  in  need  of  pecuniary  aid. 
Applications  were  made  for  help,  and  there  were  more  iipplicants 
than  funds.  Young  Jarvis  had  no  thought  of  applying,  but,  by 
some  mistake,  he  was  put  upon  the  list  of  beneficiaries,  and  money 
was  sent  to  him.  Many  a  father,  as  well  off  as  Deacon  Jarvis, 
sought  for  the  privilege  of  these  funds  ond  received  it,  but  young 
Jarvis  at  once  referred  to  his  father^  and  the  money  was  returned. 
In  all  college  incidental  expenses,  the  father  counselled  economy, 
but  was  careful  to  say  to  his  son:  "  Never  fail  to  do  your  honest 
part." 

In  1825,  when  young  Jarvis  was  in  his  senior  year,  his  room- 
mate, who  was  of  a  wealthy  family,  desired  to  have  a  carpet  on 
the  floor  of  their  room,  and  offered  to  pay  the  whole  cost.     This 


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was  a  rare  college  luxury  in  those  days,  as  there  were  not  a  half 
dozen  in  all  the  rooms  of  the  class.  Jarvis  wrote  to  his  father, 
stating  the  generous  proposition  of  his  associate.  His  father  at 
once  wrote  back:  "  1  ought  not  to  afford  to  give  you  a  carpet,  but 
I  would  not  have  you  tread  on  a  carpet  that  you  did  not  pay  for, 
nor  would  I  prevent  your  room-mate  from  having  this  comfort. 
You  must,  therefore,  have  the  carpet,  and  you  pay  one-half  the 
cost."  And  thus  the  wise  father  trained  his  sons  to  honorable 
independence  and  manliness.  Jarvis  was  greatly  respected  in  the 
class,  and  at  the  end  of  college  life  was  made  Class  Secretary. 
He  was  graduated  in  1826,  and  still  holds  the  office  in  1878. 

He  taught  the  Centre  Grammar  School  in  Concord  for  one  year, 
showing  thereby  that  a  "prophet  may  have  honor,  even  in  his  own 
country."  He  was  faithful,  and  he  and  his  school  had  a  profitable 
and  happy  year. 

Then  came  the  study  of  medicine,  although  at  one  time  he  had 
serious  thoughts  of  entering  the  ministry,  but  this  was  given  up 
from  an  impediment  in  his  speech.  He  now  turned  to  the  study 
of  medicine,  with  an  enthusiasm  and  determination  to  be  useful. 
He  applied  himself  to  his  books,  studied  very  hard,  and  enjoyed 
the  best  medical  opportunities  in  this  country.  He  became  an 
adept  in  botany  and  chemistry,  and,  in  1830,  he  took  his  degree, 
at  Harvard,  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  settled,  as  a  physician,  in 
Northfield,  Mass.  However  busy  in  his  profession,  he  always 
found  time  for  study.  No  plant  or  flower  on  the  mountain  or  in 
the  meadow  escaped  his  eye.  He  also  made  himself  familiar  with 
physiology,  lectured  upon  it,  and  afterwards  published  a  text  book 
for  schools  and  academies. 

After  about  two  years  in  Northfield,  Dr.  Jarvis  removed  to 
Concord,  Mass.,  for  a  better  and  more  useful  field,  and  there, 
besides  attending  to  his  practice,  he  earnestly  pursued  his  studies, 
pushing  his  inquiries  toward  every  kind  of  vital  statistics,  freely 
giving,  at  the  same  time,  a  helpful  service  to  the  town  in  all  its 
social  and  educational  interests;  but  still  a  larger  field  was  wanted, 
and  after  four  and  a  half  years  in  Concord,  Dr.  Jarvis  removed  to 
Louisville,  Ky.  In  1834,  he  had  marrieil  Miss  Almira  Hunt  of 
Concord,  and  in  1837,  they  set  their  faces  toward  what  was  then 
the  Far  West,  and  never  did  a  young  husband  and  wife  go  West 
with  a  purer  purpose  to  do  good.  Five  years  were  spent  in  Louis- 
ville, with  indifferent  financial  success,  but  with  much  study  and 
earnest  devotion  to  all  humane  interests.     When  the  new  Medical 


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College  was  established,  in  1842,  in  Louisville,  Dr.  Jarvis  was 
appointed  Professor  of  Materia  Medica;  but  Kentucky  was  not 
congenial,  and  the  husband  and  wife  returned  to  their  New  Eng- 
land home. 

In  1843,  Dr.  Jarvis  settled  in  Dorchester,  Mass.  And  here  it 
was  but  a  repetition  of  his  life  in  Louisville,  but  it  was  here  and  at 
this  time  that  Dr.  Jarvis  gave  his  attention  to  Insanity  and  Vital 
Statistics.  He  wrote  elaborate  articles,  worked  with  the  eminent 
physicians  of  Boston,  and  with  the  Legislature  of  the  State,  for 
en'arged  provisions  for  the  insane,  and  for  the  establishment  of 
State  Boards  of  Health  and  of  Charities.  For  many  years,  he 
iriade  his  house  a  home  for  insane  persons,  bestowing  upon  them 
benevolent  watchfulness  and  skillful  care,  which  neither  in  their 
homes  nor  in  a  public  hospital  they  could  enjoy.  Distinguished 
men  and  women  were  inmates  of  his  House  of  Mercy. 

All  this  varied  work  made  Dr.  Jarvis  known  in  Massachusetts 
and  throughout  New  England.  Then,  in  1865,  a  call  came  to  him 
from  our  Government  at  Washington,  to  work  up  the  vital  sta- 
tistics of  the  census  of  I860  into  tabular  form,  in  order  to  a  greater 
usefulness  among  the  people. 

He  was  strongly  ixrged  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  to  go  to 
Washington,  take  the  entire  charge  of  the  remaining  work  of  the 
census,  and  write  the  final  report  of  the  mortality,  ])ut  he  had  no 
desire  for  offict .  and  was  unwilling  to  leave  his  home  and  live  in 
Washington.  He  was  then  requested  to  do  the  work  in  Dorchester, 
with  the  aid  of  as  many  female  clerks  as  he  might  find  necessary. 
For  this  purpose,  he  organized  a  band  of  educated  young  women, 
taken  from  the  high  schools  in  Dorchester  and  Boston.  Under 
his  supervision,  a  large  and  diflBcult  work,  involving  abstruse 
mathematics,  was  done  at  a  very  little  expense  to  the  government, 
and  which  was  of  signal  benefit  to  the  country. 

In  I860,  Dr.  Jarvis  visited  Europe.  He  was  a  delegate  from 
the  American  Statistical  Association,  to  the  fourth  International 
Statistical  Congress  in  London,  and  there  he  cooperated  with  that 
great  assemblage  of  statisticians  and  political  economists  from  all 
civilized  nations.  He  was  surprised  to  find  that  his  name  had 
gone  before  him,  and  that  the  most  flattering  attentions  awaited 
him  in  public  meetings  for  Vital  Statistics  and  Social  Science,  and 
in  the  homes  of  many  distinguished  men  in  England  and  on  the 
Continent.  Indeed,  to-day.  Dr.  Jarvis  is  better  known  in  Europe 
than  in  this  country,  as  there  vital  statistics  are  a  science,  while 
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here  they  are  just  beginning  to  claim  attention.  For  years,  Dr.  Jar- 
vis  lias  done  a  large  service  by  sending  reports  of  our  cities,  slates, 
and  counti-y  to  state  officers  of  Europe,  receiving  from  them,  in 
return,  their  Statistical  Histories.  These  elaborate  documents  he 
has  used  in  his  writingp,  and  has  them  preserved  for  future  use  in 
public  libraries,  in  which  he  will  leave  them.  His  correspondence 
with  the  savans  of  Europe  is  quite  large,  and  boxes  of  books  are 
passing  to  and  fro  by  means  of  the  international  exchange  system 
of  the  Smithsonian  Institute  at  Washington. 

"When  the  Arch-Duke  Alexis  of  Russia  was  in  this  country,  a 
few  years  ago,  (>ount  Shouvaloff,  son  of  the  Russian  Minister  to 
London,  was  one  of  the  Prince's  attendants.  While  here,  he 
received  an  injury  of  the  knee  which  confined  liim  to  his  room  in 
Boston.  A  ]ihysician  was  called,  and  the  count  being  eager  to 
learn  from  him  everything  about  New  England,  the  physician 
was  often  puzzled  with  his  questions,  when  he  begged  the  count 
to  allow  him  to  bring  his  friend.  Dr.  Jarvis,  who  could  give  him 
all  the  information  he  so  anxiously  desired.  The  count  and  the 
doctor  had  many  interviews,  which  both  greatly  enjoyed. 

From  all  these  outward  activities,  professional,  statistical,  and 
philanthropic,  showing  the  ability  and  extended  information  of 
Dr.  Jarvis,  it  is  a  pleasing  task  to  turn  to  his  inner  life,  a  man  so 
eminently  conscientious,  perhaps  scrupulous.  Like  his  father,  he 
laid  down  a  line  of  duty,  and  followed  it  to  the  letter.  Tn  giving 
in  his  property  to  the  assessors,  he. would  count  the  change  in  his 
pocket.  So  great  is  the  confidence  in  his  integrity,  that  an  eminent 
judge,  obliged  by  ill  health  to  leave  the  country  for  two  years, 
asked  the  doctor,  as  a  great  favor,  to  hold  his  money  and  securities 
during  his  absence.  Quite  unwillingly  he  consented,  for  he  was 
jealous  of  business,  lest  it  should  trench  iipon  his  intellectual  pur- 
suits; still,  for  many  of  the  poor  and  inexperienced,  he  took  charge 
of  their  little  all,  with  a  sharp  watch  for  their  interests.  Truthful, 
careful,  and  strictly  honest,  his  word  was  as  good  as  his  bond. 

The  doctor  was  sometimes  a  keen  censor,  but  "  faithful  are  the 
wounds  of  a  friend."  If  he  exposed  weakness  or  guilt,  a  real 
friendliness  was  the  spring  of  what  he  did;  indeed,  there  was  an 
unusually  large  beneficence  in  his  life,  in  public  relations  as  well 
as  in  private  friendships.  He  has  lived  to  do  good.  There  is  a 
loving  kindness  in  his  writings  on  intemperance,  idleness,  poverty, 
and  insanity.  His  heart  bleeds  while  he  lays  bare  the  consequences 
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close  to  his  sharp  discrimination.  He  was  associated  in  an  oflRce 
with  a  lady  whom  he  could  not  like,  although  he  thought  her  well- 
disposed.  One  morning  li<'  was  to  attend  a  meeting  where  he 
would  be  obliged  to  meet  the  lady  in  the  business  of  their  common 
office,  and  his  wife  saw  him  in  the  garden  making  up  a  bouquet, 
and  she  said,  "Edward,  what  are  you  doing?"     He  replied,  "I 

am  making  a  bouquet  for  Mrs. .     She  is  a  good  woman,  but 

I  do  not  like  her;  she  means  well,  but  is  unpleasant  to  me,  and  I 
will  carry  her  these  flowers  as  a  peace-offering."  One  day  he  stood 
in  a  long  line  of  men  and  women,  in  the  Boston  Custom -House, 
awaiting  his  turn  to  receive  his  interest  on  United  States  Bonds. 
There  was  a  long  line,  and  the  day  was  very  hot;  the  waiting  was 
long  and  tedious,  and  an  Irish  woman,  with  a  baby  in  her  arms, 
stood  next  to  the  doctor.  Seeing  the  weary  mother,  he  turned 
and  took  the  baby,  taking  it  to  a  window-seat  near  Ity.  and  gently 
laying  it  down,  said  to  her,  "  Yoi;  stay  here,  and  f  will  see  that 
you  have  your  turn  at  the  paying-counter."     And  lie  did. 

The  religious  opinions  of  Dr.  Jarvis  are  clear  and  strong.  He 
believes  in  one  God,  and  in  Jesu.s  Clunst  whom  He  hath  sent  to  be 
the  Light  of  the  World;  that  we  are  children  of  God,  heirs  of 
immortality,  and  subi<H;ts  of  righteous  retribution  here  and  here- 
after, for  ever.  And  Ids  faith  is  in  his  heart,  and  out  of  it  are  the 
issues  of  his  life. 

Though  the  doctor  and  his  wife  have  no  children,  still  their 
hearts  possess  the  freshness  of  youth.  They  love  and  are  beloved, 
and  their  simple,  pleasant,  and  cheerful  home  is  the  resort  of  troops 
of  friends.  Their  ■A'ork  of  life  is  nearly  done,  and  they  make 
ready  and  wait,  amidst  the  evening  shadows,  for  the  morning  of 
another  day. 

Besides  the  important  works  above  mentioned,  and  others  which 
space  will  not  permit  to  enumerate,  the  doctor  has  written  over 
eighty  articles  fur  the  various  medical  reviews  and  magazines  in 
this  country. 

The  subjects  upon  which  the  doctor  felt  so  great  an  interest 
were  those  upon  which  he  treated  and  wrote,  and  in  publisliing 
his  Essays,  he  sought  the  channels  through  which  he  could  best 
reach  those  whom  he  wanted  to  interest  and  persuade. 


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Died. 

Married  or  Remarks. 

Caleb  Jarvis,    Aug.  25.  1773 

April  25,  1835 

May  10,  1798. 

2344  Nancy  Hyde,    Oet.   21,  1770 

Sept.  11,  1876 

4  children. 

2345  Mary  Ann,'      June  15,  1800 

Dec.  22,  1874 

Sept.  7,  1823. 

2346  Caroline.           Feb.     4,  1802 

July  25,  1827,  John  B, 
Howard. 

2847  Amelia  Hyde,.  Sept.  15,  1810 

Sept.    3,  1856 

2348  Eliz.  Bowmon,  Jan.   12,  1812 

Henry  R.  Healey. 

3d  Generation. 

5^333. 

No.          Name.                      Born. 

Died. 

Married  or  Remarks. 

John  Jarvis,     Aug.  ll>,  1797 

Jan.      2,  1855 

Jan.  6,  1822. 

2349  Adeline  Rust,  July  24,  1799 

June  18,  1842 

6  children. 

aS.'iO  J  as.  Lawrence,  Feb.     4.1823 

Ainii  27,  1846. 

2351   Eliza  Lane,       June  30,  1824 

2352  John  Q.  A.,      Oct.   21,  1820 

May    16,  1827 

|l                                2353  Helen  Marion,  Oct.     6,1828 

t'                                 2354  Adeline Matil., Jan.    11,1833 

.fune  28,  1842 

2355  Sarah  Ann,       Nov.    9,1835 

Nov.  25.  1858 

2d  wife. 

2356  Hepzibah  Locke, 

May  7,  1845. 

SSST'. 

t                                           Francis  Jarvis,  Nov.    5,1794 

April    5.  1875 

2357  Phebe  Hubbard, July  14, 1799 

Fel).   28,  1836 

7  children. 

2358  Louisa,              July  23,  1820 

April  19,  1853 

May  16,  1850,  .h>Hc]^\l 
Dfby. 

2359  Lucy  Hubbard,  July  22,  1822 

Oct.  30,  1855,  Joseph 
Derby. 

2360  Cyrus  Hubb'd,'Mch.  18,  1825 

Oct.  20,  1864. 

2361  Harriet,             May     5,  1827 

Nov.  12,  1828 

2362  Fr'cesHubb'd,  June  23,  1829 

Sept.  27,  1856 

Oct.  14,  1852,  Silas  B. 
Wilde. 

2363  Sus'l  Hubb'd,  Aug.    4,  1830 

Mch.    4,  1836 

2364  Margaret,          Dec.  28,  1831 

April  19,  1836 

i                                     .    'Married  Nathaniel  Hill;  1  child 

,  Mary  J.  Hill,  Mch.  27.  1824.                                     1 

^v                                      "  Married  Mary  Hosmer,  who  died  Aug.  33,  1865 

• 

DKS0ENDANT8   OF   JOHN — ;FOURTH   OKNKRATION. 


245 


4th  Gkneration. 


No.  Name.  Bom. 

Jas.  Lawrence 

Jarvis,  Feb.     4,  1823 

2365  Lue'tiaOooper.Nov.  24,  1828 

5  children. 
23G0  Fred.  H.. 

2367  Mary  A., 

2368  John  A..' 
2361)  Maria  G.. 
2370  Annie  G., 


Died. 


Mch.    9,  1847 
April  26,  1851     Dec. 
.Inn.   10,  1854 
Jan.   20,  1857     • 
July  28,  1866 


9,  1861 


Married  or  Remarka. 
April  27,  1846. 


April  12, 1876. 


'  Married  Anna  M(;Glensiug;  2  children— Caroline  L.,  born  June  7,  1877 
James  Lawrence,  born  Jan.  1, 1879. 


•^^imm 


mmm 


i 


246 


FBAOMKNTARV    OKNKALOOIR8. 


No 


Name. 
Junies  Jarvis, 
3372  Penelope  Waters. 

2  children. 
2873  Johns..  M^...    3,  109B 

2374  Mary,  Mch.  25.  1097 


FRAGMENTARY  (JENKAUXJIEH. 
Born,  Died. 


Married  or  RtMiiarkH. 
.TillV  IH.  l«i»*t 


«3r«. 


Wm.  Jervis, 

2376  Hannah  Forward, 

4  children. 

2377  Joseph. 

2378  Joan  nab, 

2379  Hannah, 

2380  Sarah, 


Of  Norwalk. 
Mch.  27,  1723. 


Feb.  17,  1724 
Sept.  27,  1725 
Nov.  23,  1727 
Dec.  27,  1730 


June    0,  1732 


l8T  Generation. 
S381. 


No.  Name. 

Stephen  Jarvis, 

2382  Ann  Wheeler, 

6  children. 

2383  Susanna, 

2384  Mary, 

2385  Sarah, 

2386  Esther, 

2387  Thomas, 

2388  William. 


Bom. 


Died. 


Married  or  Remark*. 
May  15,  1728. 
Of  Smithtown. 


4,  1734 
12,  1730 
4,  1744 
May  20,  1750 
1701 


Feb. 
Dec. 
Feb. 


1794 


July  31,  1791. 
D.  in  Norwiilli 


No.  Name. 

Thomas  Jarvis, 
2389  Rebecca  Piatt. 
7  children. 


2d  Generation. 


Born. 


Died. 


1761 


Married  or  Remarks. 
July  31,  1791. 


RHAOMKNTAItY    OKNKAI.OOIEH. 


247 


No.  Name. 

mm  Platl, 

2i«»l  Jiuob. 
a31>2  Josopli, 
2803  ilcuhcn, 

2iiH  Dorms, 
2im  f;imrity, 
3aU6  Sally, 


Horn. 


Died. 


1808 


Married  or  Hnmarkt, 
Mch.  3,  1814.  E.  Jiir- 

YiB. 


lUiHidinj;  wchI  cikI  of 

fiou^'  Ittltmd. 
JamcH  I)uiil)iir. 
Siiiuiicl  Hishop. 
CliiiH.  lluwcat. 


No.  Name. 

.lacob  .IiirviH. 
5  children. 
3897  Susan, 

3398  Alonzo. 

3399  (fcor^re. 

3400  Ira. 
2401  Mary. 


3u  (Jenkkation. 
«30  1 . 

Horn.  Died. 


Married  or  Rutuarlts. 


Bovvers. 


.Joseph  Jarvis, 

2403  Esther. 

4  children. 
3403  Mary  Esther, 

2404  Phebe  Elizabeth, 

2405  Joseph  lleury, 
3406  Keturah  Ann, 


1803 


.John  N.  Tliomp8(}n. 
.John  KiniHcn'. 
Sarah  White. 
Townseud  H.  Gardner. 


Melaucthon 
Bryant  Jervis,  1775 

3408  Polly  Smith. 

3  children. 

3409  Hannah,     ,      Oct.     9,  1798 

3410  Sally,  Feb.  35,  1800 

2d  wife. 

3411  Clarissa  Jennings, 

2  children. 
3413  Eliza,  1805 

3413  George,  1809 


1856    Sept.  34,  1797. 


Knapp  of  Norwulk. 
.  Ellas  Foote. 

1831     1803. 

A.  S.  Ames. 
Cath.  "Williams. 


248 


FRAGMENTAKY    QENEALOGIKP. 


No.  Name.  Born. 

Giiorge  .Tarvis,  1800 

2414  Catharine  Williams, 

1  child. 

2415  Geo.  M.  Jarvis,  1847 


Natliaiiicl  Jarvis, 
4  childrou. 

2417  'riu'CHlorus. 

2418  Susan. 

2419  Selah. 

2420  Brewster. 


Philip  .larvi.s. 
2422  Elizabeth  AVeeks, 

4  chihlren. 
242b  Augustiii. 
2424  Moses. 

2  daughters. 


Died.  Married  or  Reniarks. 

1886 

Dora  Vail;  1  child. 


%£-L  1  €». 


Of  Islip. 


«4«  1  . 


1814. 


APPENDIX. 


A. 

Town  Order. 

From  "TJiompson^s  History  of  Long  Tsland." 

"At  a  town  Meeting  held  April  4,  1661,  it  was  agreed  that  a 
firkin  of  Butter  should  be  paid  in  at  Stephen  Jarvis'  house,  by  the 
middle  of  June  for  the  satisfaction  of  a  debt  due  from  y*  to  ffn  to 
Ensign  Brian t." 


B. 

Law  Suits. 
'        From  '■'■Thomjysori's  History  of  Long  Island^ 

"October  23*,  1662.  Stephen  Jervice,  an  Attorney,  in  behalfe 
of  James  Chichester  plf.  vs.  Tho'  Scudder  deft.,  acsion  of  the  case 
and  of  batery.  Deft,  says  that  he  did  his  indevor  to  st^'e  y" 
pigg  from  y"  wolff,  but  knows  no  hurt  his  dog  did  it:  and  as  for 
y*  sow,  he  donys  thecharg:  touching  the  batery,  striking  the  boye, 
says  he  did  strike  the  boye  but  it  was  for  liis  abusing  his  daughter. 

"The  verdict  of  the  Juiy  is,  that  def"  dog  is  not  fitt  to  be  cept, 
but  the  acsion  fails  for  want  of  testimony:  but  touching  the  batery, 
the  Jury's  verdict  pass  for  pl'lf,  that  def  pay  him  10  shillings  for 
striking  *-he  boy,  and  the  pl'il  to  pay  dcf'  5  shillings  fdr  the  boye's 
insovility." 

"  October  23",  1662.  Rachell  Turner  sayth  that  being  husking 
at  Tho'  Powells,  Jamos  Chichester  found  a  rod  ear,  and  then  said 
he  must  kiss  Bette  Scudder:  Bette  say'd  she  would  whip  his  brick, 
and  they  two  scufeling  foil  by  her  side:  that  this  diponcnt  and 
Tho'  Scudder  being  tracing,  and  having  ended  his  trace,  rose  up 
and  took  howld  of  James  Cliichcster,  and  gave  him  a  box  on  the 
ear.  Robard  Crumfield  says,  that  being  huskitig  at  Tho'  Powells, 
32 


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(■RIWPKin 


!1PW»I 


m^ 


m  J 


250 


APPENDIX    C. 


i 


James  Chichester  found  a  red  eare  and  then  said  he  must  kiss 
Bette  Scudder,  and  they  too  scufling,  Goody  Scudder  bid  him  be 
quite,  and  puld  him  from  her,  and  gave  him  a  slap  oti  the  side  of 
the  heade:  the  vardict  of  the  Jury  is,  that  James  shall  paye  pi'  12 
shillings  and  y"  cost  of  y*  cort." 


1632. 
1637. 


1641. 

1645. 

1658. 
1660. 

1 664. 
1667. 


1700. 


m 


0. 

Names  and  Incidents, 
Furnished  by  Dr.  Edward  Jarvis  of  Massacliusetts. 

John,  son  of  Thomas  Jarvis  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  of 
Charlestown,  was  bom  Nov.  18,  1632. 

Homer  Jarvis  and  wife  Ann,  and  d.  Ann  and  Mary,  had 
James,  born  1637;  John,  1639;  Mary,  June  10,  1641,  who 
died  August  18,  1642.  Another  or  second  wife,  Alice, 
had  Stephen,  born  Nov.  24,  1642;  Howard  or  Hannah, 
b.  1644;  Mary,  1646.  Third  wife,  Mary,  who  in  another 
place  is  called  Ellen,  died  Nov.  6,  1665.  James  was  free- 
man. May  17,  1637;  died  February,  1685;  married  Sarah 
White,  Oct.  13,  1658. 

John,  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  Jarvis  of  Dedham.  born 
March  16,  1641. 

Stephen  Jarvis,  born  about  1645;  Howard,  born  Sept.  3, 
1662. 

John  Jarvis,  Ex.  of  will  of  Geo.  Manning,  July  21,  1658. 

James  Jarvis  and  Sarah  White,  had  Jpines,  b.  Oct.  23, 
1660,  d.  1676;  Mary,  b.  April  26,  1664. 

James,  Oct.  23,  1660;  Mary,  April  26,  1664.      ^ 

Stephen,  son  of  Homer,  m.  Abigail  Wood,  Mch.  29,  1667, 
d.  1749.  The  family  of  Jervis  were  in  •  Staffordshire 
at  .Medford  and  Chathill,  in  the  time  of  Henry  VIIT. 
Thomas,  brother  of  first  James,  removed  early  to  Hart- 
ford. 

Rebecca  Jarvis,  d.  of  William  and  Elizabeth,  b.  May  1, 
1691.  Amofig  the  early  settlers  of  Essex  and  Old  Nor- 
folk was  Andrew  Jarvis,  1603  or  1694. 

Will  of  Elias  Jarvis,  1695,  Rebecca,  wife,  Ex.' 

Will  of  Elias  Jarvis,  1697,  Margaret,  wife,  Ex. 

Isaac  and  Abigail  \^oden  (?),  m.  Jan.  19,  1698;  son  of  John, 
born  1692,  Eunice  Jarvis,  married. 


APPENDIX   0. 


251 


3, 


23, 


olin, 


1700-1710.  Nathaniel  m.  Elizabeth  Aug.  13,  1709.     This  Nathan- 
iel, according  to  Dr.  Miner,  came  from  Wales, 
Benjamin,  son  of  Leonard  Jarvis  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  b. 

Dec.  23,  1706,  Cambridge. 
Will  of  James,  1705,  Penelope,  his  wife,  Ex. 
William,  son  of  John  and  Mary,  b.  Oct.  17,  1707. 
Hon.  Edward  Jarvis,  Surv'y  M.  M.  C,  married  Elizabeth 

Sparhawk.     Elizabeth  Jarvis  m.  Edmund  Quincy,  son  of 

Henry,  who  was  born  1703. 
1710-1720.  Nathaniel  Jarvis  and  Elizabeth  Trevit  m,  July  16, 

1713. 
Susan  Jarvis  m.  Daniel  Bradford,  1720;  grandson  of  John, 

1715;  William,  1728.— Gen.  Reg. 
Meeting  at  house  of  Nathaniel  Jarvis,  1717,  to  see  about  a 

meeting  house. — Drake's  History  of  Boston. 
1720-1730.  Susan  Jarvis  m.  Daniel  Bradford,   1720;   John  1st, 

Aug.  18,  1729;  Margaret,  Jan.  22,  1731. 
Robert  Jarvis  and  Mary  Cross  m.  Jan.  29,  1723. 
1730-1740    James  Jarvis  lived  in  Roxbury,  Oct.  22,  1736. 
Will  of  Mary,  1732. 
Will  of  Nathaniel  (w.),  1737. 

Leonard  Jarvis  and  Susannah  Condy  m.  April  12,  1739. 
James  Jarvis  and  Abigail  m.   Aug.   14,   1732;    daughter, 

Penelope,  b.  June  24,  1835. 
1740-1750.   Will  of   Abigail,    1742,    Leonard   Jarvis  and   John 

Salter,  Ex. ;  widow  of  Nathaniel. 
Will  of  Robert,  1749,  Mary  (wife),  Administratrix. 
Will  of  James,  1750,  Abigail  (wife),  Ex. 
Elias  Jawis  and  Mary  Avis  m.  Nov.  11,  1747. 
Elias  Jarvis,  Jr.,  and  Deliverance  Atkins  m.  June  7,  1750. 
John  Jarvis,  born  1746,  died  1823. 
Thomas,  son  of  Nathaniel,  d.  1742. 
William,  son  of  Nathaniel,  d.  1801-1805. 
Ann,  d.  Elias  and  Pleasant. 
Charles,  1796-1797. 
EHzabeth,  1820,  died  1826,  Dorchester. 
1750-1760.  Penelope  Jarvis  m.  Dr.   Thorp   Rogers  of  Norwich, 

Conn.,  1754. 
Will  of  Elias,  1757.  ^ 

Will  of  Elias,  1760,  wife  Administratrix;  ship  chandler. 
Edward  and  Catharine  Hammett  m.  Nov.  5,  1754. 


2b2 


APPENDIX   D, 


?. 


1750-1760.  Robert  Jarvis  and  Lydia  Audebert  m.  Sept.  30,  1753. 

Elizabeth,  d.  of  Thomas  and  Lydia,  b.  Aug.  30,  1757. 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  and  Lydia,  b.  Sept.  16,  1759. 

Hannah  Jarvis,  b.  1757,  d.  1811;  Boston  gravestone. 
1760-1770.  Jarvis,  b.  1761,  d.  1811. 

Sarah  Jarvis,  b.  1764,  d.  1816. 

Abigail  Jarvis,  b.  1767,  d.  1818. 

Betsey  Jarvis,  b.  1797,  d.  1820. 

Edward  Jarvis,  b.  1757,  d.  1821. 

William  Jarvis,  b.  1820,  d.  1820. 

John  Jarvis,  b.  1815, 

John  Jarvis,  b.  August,  1748,  d.  1823. 

John  Jarvis,  b.  1844. 

Timothy  Jarvis  and  Rebecca  Collins  m.  Aug.  30,  1764. 

John  Jarvise  and  Mary  Munsell  m.  Oct.  9,  1768. 

Capt.  Robert  Jarvis,  buried  in  Quaker  Lane,  Mch.  20,  1760. 

Brig  Hannah,  Capt.  Robert  Jarvis,  arr.  from  London,  1766. 

Capt.  Robert  Jarvis  died  in  London,   1773;   left  widow, 

Lydia,  and  sons,  Philip  and  John. 

1770-1780.  Nathaniel   and   Samuel  Jarvis  (residence  unknown) 

were  grantees  of  St.  John,  N.  B.,  1783.     John  settled 

'ohere  about  1783,  died  at  Portland,  N.  B.,  1845,  aged  93. 

Robert  Mariner  of  Boston,  an  assessor  of  Hutchinson  in 
1774,  went  to  Halifax,  1776,  was  prosecuted  and  ban- 
ished, 1778,  was  in  London,  1779;  a  LoyaHst. 

John  Jarvis  of  Boston,  was  Protector. 

Enoch  Jarvis  and  Sarah  Dunovan  m.  April  14,  1774. 

Timothy  Jarvis  moved  out  of  Boston  to  Newburyport,  1775. 
He  followed  the  sea;  was  captain.  Married  Rebecca  Col- 
lins. His  daughter  Phoebe  was  b.  in  Newburyport,  Dec. 
20,  1777. 


D. 

Extracts  from  the  Records  of  the  Town  of  Huntington,  L.  I. 

1668,  Jan.  1.     "It  was  ordered  and  agreed  at  a  Town  meeting, 
the  same  day,  that  John  Finch  is  to  have  six  acres  of  land  on  the 
bottom  of  East  Neck,  and  Stephen  Jarvis,  six  acres." 
1668,  July  1.     "Land  granted  to  Stephen  Jarvis." 
1676,  June  5.     Land  grants  to  Steven  Jarvis,  Jr. 


APPENDIX   D. 


253 


1679.     Stephen,  Jr.,  Land  granted  by  Town. 
1679.     Aaron  Jarvis,  Land  given  by  his  father. 
1C79.     Thomas  Jarvis,  Piece  of  Swamp  in  East  Neck. 
1679,  Aug.  20.     Stephen  Jarvis  to  Samuel  Griffin. 

Daniel  Wicks  to  Aaron  Jarvis. 

Daniel  Wicks  to  Thomas  Jarvis. 

Stephen  Jarvis  to  Samuel  Wilson. 

Land  grants  to  Thomas  Powell,  Thomas  Wicks, 


Land  grants  to  John  Wicks,  Timothy  Conklin, 


1679,  Dec.  22. 
1679,  Dec.  22. 
1679,  Aug.  20. 

1681,  Oct.  31. 
Steven  Jarvis,  Jr. 

1682,  April  1. 
Steven  Jarvis,  Sr. 

1682,  Jan.  2.  The  Town  Court  ordered  the  estate  of  an  intem- 
perate person  to  be  attached,  that  it  might  be  "secured,  preserved, 
and  improved,  for  his  livelihood  and  maintenance,  and  that  the 
town  might  not  be  damnified." 

1082,  July  29.  They  order  a  person  to  pay  a  fine  of  20  shillings 
or  make  such  acknowledgment  as  the  court  would  accept,  for  hav- 
ing brought  a  bag  of  meal  from  Oyster  Bay  on  the  Sabbath. 

1683,  June  3.  They  required  a  written  confession  of  shame  and 
repentance  from  three  men  who  had  travelled  on  Sunday  from  the 
town  of  Hempstead. 

1684,  Stephen  Jarvis,  Sr.,  Deed  of  land  at  the  Cove,  East 
Neck. 

1684.     Jonathan  Jarvis,  Deed  of  land  from  Kellam. 
1684,  Nov.  27.     Daniel  Wicks  to  Stephen  Jarvis. 
1684,  Dec.  22.     Robert  KeHum  to  Jonathan  Jarvis. 
1686.     Stephen,  Deed  from  Thomas  Highbee. 
1686.     Stephen,  Lot  of  Meadow  south  side  of  L.  L 
1686,  Oct.  16.     Land  grants  to  Jonathan  Jarvis. 

1686,  May  23.     David  Scudder  to  Stephen  Jarvis. 

1687,  Sept.  20.  "At  a  Town  meeting  Sep.  y"  20'"  1687,  granted 
to  Steven  Jarvis,  Sr.  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  Eastward  of  y° 
path  going  into  y""  East  Neck,  opposite  to  Jas.  Chichester,  Sen." 

1687,  Sept.  20.  Land  grants  to  Steven  Jarvis,  Jr.  Privilege 
of  Well  on  the  Commons  granted  Jonathan  Jarvis. 

1688,  Sept.  10.     Joseph  Wood  to  Wm.  Jarvis. 

1688.     Wm.  Jarvis,  Deed  for  property  at  Cove,  East  Neck. 

1688.     Stephen  Jarvis,  Sr.,  witness. 

1688.  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr.,  Private  highway  from  Benjamin 
Scudder. 

1690,  April  1.  Land  grants  to  Thos.  Higbee,  Mr.  Wood,  James 
Chichester,  Jonathan  Jarvis,  Steven  Jarvis,  Jr.,  Steven  Jarvis,  Sr. 


^-MMiiiWII 


254 


APPKNDIX    D. 


1692,  Jan.  2. 


Vote.d  that  Jonathan  Jarvis  have  16  acres  of 
laud. 

1692.  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr.,  Grant  for  highway. 

1693.  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr.,  Bought  land  of  his  father  at  Great 
East  Neck. 

1693.  Thomas  Jarvis,  Land  bought  hy  Stephen  from  his  father 
Thomas. 

1693,  Dec.  14.     Thomas  Jarvis  to  Stephen  Jarvis. 

1694.  "An  account  of  y*  hundreds  in  y'  Town  of  Huntington, 
and  by  whom  paid  for  in  y*  purchase  of  y*  New  Patten  in  y*  year 
1694." 

"First — Y"  purchased  hundred  made  or  purchased  from  the 
settlement  of  y*  Town,  having  right  to  all  divisions  from  the  first 
settlement  of  y"  Town. 

1  Hundred,'  belonging  to  y*  lott  of  Widow  Cain,  paid  for  by 
Tho.  Fleet. 

2  H.  belonging  to  Lott  of  Tho.  Jarvis — paid  1  qr.  of  a  hundred 
by  Jonathan  Jarvis  and  1  qr.  by  William  Jarvis." 

"  1  H.  paid  for  by  Widow  Jarvis,  belonging  to  y"  lott  of  Steven 
Jarvis,  Jr. 
'  1  H.  paid  by  Jonathan  Jarvis. 
1  H.  belonging  to  y*  lott  of  William  Jarvis  paid  for  by  him. 

1696.  William  Jarvis  for  witness. 

1697.  "Land  grants  To  y"  Survaiors  of  y^  Town  of  Hunting- 
ton, April  y«  30'"  1697. 

"  These  are  to  order  you  to  lay  out  y"  hundreds,  hold  on  by  Jona- 
than Jarvis,  a  piece  of  land  in  East  Neck,  on  y'  South  side  of  y" 
highway  joyning  to  y'  point,  between  y''  land  of  Jonathan 

Jarvis,  and  Joseph  Wood,  and  y°  Harbor  bank.     John  Wood,  Jr. 

''  The  same  daie  it  was  voted  and  granted  by  y"  trustees  of  the 
freeholde  and  Comrionalty  of  y"  town  of  Huntington  that  Jona- 
than Jarvis's  hous  lot  he  lives  on  shall  joynd  to  Jonas  Piatt's  house 
&c. 

1698.  Jonathan  oarvis,  Land  on  south  side  of  Island.  Deed 
for  meadow  from  Thomas  Fleet. 

1698.     Thomas  Jarvis,  Land  on  south  side  the  Island. 

1698.     William  Jarvis,  Deed  for  land  at  Cow  Harbor. 

1698.  Among  the  purchasers  of  Baiting  Place  and  Squam  Pitt 
of  the  Indians,  we  find  the  names  of  Thomas  Jarvis,  William  Jar- 
vis, Jonathan  Jarvis,  Stephen  Jarvis. — 7  M'  8  day,  1698. 

1698,  Oct.     John  Ketcham  to  Thomas  Jarvis. 


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1690,  May  2.  Boggy  Swamp,  lying  by  Jonathan  Rogers',  was 
sold  at  Vendue  to  William  Jarvis  for  four  pounds,  two  shillings  in 
current  silver  money  an  acre. 

1699.  "Huntington,  May  y"  2'"*  1699.  Chosen  for  trustees, 
Justis   Wicks,   Justis   Wood,   Captain  Wicks,  Piatt,   Jonas 

Wood,  John  Ketcham;  the  same  day,  the  boggy  swamps  lying  by 
Jonathan  Rogers,  was  sold  or  granted  to  William  Jarvis  for  Four 
pounds,  two  shillings,  in  Curant  silver  money." 

1699.  "Toy"  Survaiors  of  the  Town  of  Huntington,  January 
ye  jjih  i699_  Thos  are  to  order  you  to  laie  out  eighteen  acres  of 
land  to  y  hundreds  holden  by  Thomas  Jarvis  joyning  to  Johnathan 
Chichester's  land  on  y"  North  side,  in  lieu  of  eighteen  aicres  for- 
merly granted  to  y*  s**  Jarvis  which  lay  near  Capt.  Higbee's  land 
in  y°  hollow  in  y"  East  Neck." 

"To  y°  survaiors  of  y*  Town  of  Huntington,  &c. — Jonathan  Jar- 
vis, Stephen  Jarvis." 

1700.  William  Jarvis,  Deed  of  Meadow  land  south  side  of 
Island. 

1700,  April  5.     Benjamin  Bender  to  William  Jarvis. 

1701,  Sept.  3.     John  Green  to  William  Jarvis. 

1702,  "To  y'  Survaiors  of  y*  Town  of  Huntington,  March  y" 
5""  1702.  Thos  are  to  order  lay  out  the  right  formerly  held  by 
Eliphalet  Jarvis,  ten  acres  of  land,  part  joyning  to  the  land  for- 
merly s''  Jarvise's  in  the  East  Neck,  and  the  remainder  joining  to 
the  East  side  of  the  land  of  William  Jarvis  Junior  at  the  Long 
Swamps." 

1702,  Nov.  26.     Joseph  Wood  to  Wm.  Jarvis. 

1702.  Wm.  Jarvis,  Agreement  with  Joseph  Wood  for  land. 

1703.  Wm.  Jarvis,  Deed  to  S.  Ketcham. 

1703,  May  21.     Thomas  Jarvis,  Deed  to  Wm.  Johnson. 
1703,  Nov.  26.     Joseph  Wood,  Deed  to  Wm.  Jarvis. 
1703,  Aug.  21.     Thomas  Jarvis,  Deed  to  Wm.  Johnson. 

1703,  Oct.  9.     Thomas  Jarvis,  Deed  to  Thomas  Ketcham. 

1704.  "To  y*  Survaiors  of  y"  Town  of  Huntington,  January 
y"  10,  1704. — Thomas  Jarvis." 

1708,  March  3.     Thomas  Ketcham,  Deed  to  Thomas  Jarvis. 
1708,  March  8.     Thomas  Ketcham,  Deed  to  Wm.  Jarvis. 
1708.     "To  ye  Survaiors  of  v"  Town  of  Huntington,  April  y" 
29,  1708.— Thomas  Jarvis  &c." 

1708.     Wm.  Jarvis,  Deed  for  land  at  Cove.  East  Neck. 
1710,  Dec.  15.     Ebenezer  Blackley,  Deed  to  Wm.  Jarvis. 


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1710.  Wm.  Jarvis,  Deed  of  land  to  F..  Blackley. 

1711.  May  1.  Thomas  Jarvis  to  Cnleb  Powell,  Meadow  on 
South  Side. 

1712.  "Huntington,  February  the  ?5"'  17jJ.  To  the  Surveyors 
of  the  Town  of  Huntington.  Thos  are  to  Order  you  to  lay  to  I'he 
hundred  holden  by  Elislia  Jarvis,  ten  acres  of  land  in  the  East 
Neck,  joining  to  his  land,  at  che  Vinoyard,  the  place  will  afford  it, 
joining  the  same  on  the  South  East  side." 

1712,  March  6.     Eliphalet  Jarvis  to  Thomas  Whitehead. 

1712,  Nov.  7.  To  the  Surveyors  of  the  Town  of  Huntington. 
Those  are  to  order  you  to  lay  out  the  hundred  and  quarter,  holden 
by  Eliphalott  Jarvis,  fifteen  acres." 

1713,  Sept.  5.     Eliphalet  Jarvis  to  Obediah  Rogers. 

1715,  June  14.  Memorial  in  relation  to  the  site  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  church.  Signed  by  William  and  Thomas  Jarvis  in  con- 
nection with  the  inhabitants  generally. 

1716,  Sept.  19.     Daniel  Lewis  to  Thomas  Jarvis. 

•     1717,  "  Apl.  15'".     Eliphalett  Jarvis,  12  acres  of  land." 

1719.  Thomas  Jarvis,  Land  in  Half  Hollows  from  Daniel 
Lewis. 

1720,  Jan.  8.     Eliphalet  Jarvis,  Deed  lO  John  Carman. 

1720,  Eliphalet  Jarvis,  Deed  for  land  of  John  Carman.  Witness, 
Jonathan  Jarvis. 

Grants  for  land  from  Cove,  East  Neck,  1713,  1717,  1718,  1724, 
1725,  1729,  1734,  1737. 

1722,  June  27.     Joseph  Wood,  Deed  to  William  Jarvis. 

1722,  "Apl.  4"'.  To  the  Surveyors  of  Huntington.  Those  are 
to  order  you  to  lay  out  to  the  right  hold  by  Eliphalett  Jarvis,  9 
acres  of  land  in  the  East  Neck  part  joining  to  his  own  land,  and 
part  joining  to  the  land  of  William  Johnson." 

1723.  L.  Grants.     April  11,  1723,  Wm.  Jarvis— Thos.  Jarvis. 
1723,  Feb.  20.     Thomas  Jarvis — 25  acres. 

1723,  April  19.     Thomas  Jarvis  and  others  to  Timothy  Wood. 

1724,  April  the  21"'.  To  the  Surveyors  of  Huntington.  Those 
are  to  order  you  to  lay  out  to  the  right  formerly  holden  by  Jona- 
than Jarvis,  12  acres  and  a  half  of  land. 

1724,  May  5.  William  Jarvis  received  two  votes  for  Trustee  of 
town.  ^ 

1725.  William  Jarvis  elected  Trustee. 

1725.     William  Jarvis,  Jr.,  Deeds  land  to  Epenatus  Piatt. 
1725,  April  7.     "To  the  Surveyors  of  Huntington,  those  are  to 


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order  you  to  lay  out  the  right  formerly  held  by  Eliplialet  Jarvis, 
ten  acres  of  land,  part  joining  to  the  land  formerly  s''  Jarvise's  in 
the  East  Neck,  and  the  remainder  joining  to  the  East  side  of  the 
land  of  William  Jarvis  Junior  at  the  Long  Swamps." 

1726-1731.     Wm.  Jarvis  re-elected  Trustee. 

1729,  March  5.     Isaiah  Jarvis  to  Jacob  Conklin. 

1729.  Isaiah  Jarvis  and  Wm.  Jarvis,  Deed  land  to  Jacob 
Conklin  in  Half  Hollows. 

1730,  "April  6'^  To  the  Surveyors  of  Huntington.  Those  are 
to  order  you  to  lay  out  to  the  right  hold  by  Thomas  Jarvis,  five 
acres  of  land,  part  joyning  to  the  South  side  of  his  other  land,  on 
the  South  side  of  the  Cow  path  &c." 

1733.     Stephen  Jarvis,  Deed  for  land  from  Jeremiah  Smith. 
1733-1744.     Wm.  Jarvis,  Jr.,  elected  Trustee. 
1736,  May.     Thomas  Jarvis  elected  Constable. 

1743.  Benajah  Jarvis,  Deed  of  land  in  or  near  Clay  pitts. 

1744,  March  19.     Epenetus  Piatt,  Deed  to  Epenetus  Jarvis. 
1744.     Jonathan  Jarvis,  Deed  to  P.  Jarvis. 

1747.  Henry  Jarvis,  Deed  for  land  between  Huntington  and 
Cow  Harbor. 

1748,  May.     Wm.  Jarvis  elected  Trustee. 

1750,  April  1.  From  records  of  Session  of  Church:  Abraham 
Chichester  or  Benajah  Jarvis  were  chosen  by  the  C'liurch,  either 
the  one  or  the  other,  as  best  shall  suit  their  conveniency,  to  sit 
with  the  Presbytery  as  the  Churches  delegate  at  Brookliaven  next 
Wednesday. 

1752,  March  12.     Ebenezer  Titus,  Deed  to  Augustine  Jarvis. 

1752,  Dec.  4.     Wm.  Jarvis,  Deed  to  Henry  Jarvis. 

1752.     Henry  Jarvis,  Land  given  by  his  father  William. 

1752.  Augustin  Jarvis,  Deed  for  land  in  Clay  pitts. 

1753.  Benajali  Jarvis  sells  land  in  Clay  pitts  to  Samuel  Smith. 
Witness,  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr.,  and  Thomas  Jarvis,  signed  by  Bena- 
jah Jarvis  and  Joseph  his  son.  Moses  Scudder,  Justice  of  Peace 
for  Suffolk  Co. 

Land  grants  to  Benajah  Jarvis  in  1739. 

1754,  "April  25.  To  y"  Surveyors  of  Huntington.  Those  are 
to  order  you  to  lay  out  to  y°  right  held  by  Thomas  Jarvis,  a  small 
piece  of  land,  Southside  of  his  house,  one  rod  wide  from  y"  high- 
way, down  to  y*  Bank. — Joseph  Lewis." 

1755,  "February  y"  27"'.     Toy"'  Surveyors  of  Huntington,  these 


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are  to  order  you  to  lay  out  to  )'"  right  held  by  William  .Tarvis,  one 
acre  and  a  half  of  land,  joyiiing  to  his  other  land,  or  elsewhere." 

17r)5,  Aug.  6.     Benjamin  Jarvis  and  others  to  Wm.  Jarvis. 

1755.  Wm.  Jarvis,  Jr.,  Deceased.  Benajah  and  Henry  acquit 
claim  to  his  widow. 

1757.     Henry  Jarvis,  "Deed  for  land  on  road  to  Cow  Harbor. 

1760.  Jonathan  Jarvis,  Land  given  by  his  father,  William  Jar- 
vis, north  and  south  side  of  the  Island. 

17G0,  March  4.     Wm.  Jarvis,  Deed  to  Jonathan  Jarvis. 

1760.  Wm.  Jarvis;  Jr.,  Spoken  of  his  land  in  Cow  Plarbor. 
Land  grant  1699.     Land  laid  out  1704,  1718,  1723,  in  East  Neck. 

Wm.  Jarvis,  Sr.     Land  grants  1723,  1728,  1737,  Kast  Neck. 

1762.  Deed  for  land  in  Clay  pitts,  from  Daniel  Rogers. 
Grants  of  land   to  Henry  and   Jonathan,   which  belonged  to 

father  William. 

1763.  Thos.  Jarvis,  Justice  Peace  Suffolk  Co. 

Benajah  Jarvis  and  Suriah  Jarvis  (who  was  the  widow  of  Wil- 
liam Jarvis)  released  for  £24  to  William  and  Henry  Jarvis,  Ex.  of 
William  Jarvis. 

William,  for  love  and  good  will  and  affection,  gives  to  his  son 
Henry  Jarvis  certain  lands.     Vol.  3,  p.  236. 

William  Jarvis,  for  love  and  good  will,  gives  to  his  son  Jonathan 
Jarvis  certain  lands.     Vol.  4,  p.  302. 

1764.  Stephen  Jarvis,  Sr.,  Gives  land  in  Old  Fields  in  Centre- 
port  to  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr.,  and  Austin,  his  sons. 

1765.  Philip  Jarvis,  Abraham  Jarvis,  William  Jarvis,  Henry 
Jarvis,  were  appointed  overseers  of  Highways,  and  Capt.  Jarvis 
Commisioner  of  Highways. 

1767-1768.     Robert  Jarvis,  Overseer  Highways. 

1769-1770.     Nathaniel  and  Henry  Jarvis,  Overseers  Highways. 

1771.     John  Jarvis,  Henry  Jarvis,  Overseers  of  Highways. 

1771.  Eliphalet  Jarvis  appointed  to  collect  and  drive  in  the 
sheep. 

1772.  Austin  Jarvis  elected  Overseer  Highways. 

1773.  Jonathan  and  Henry  Jarvis,  Overseers  Highways. 

1775.  Abraham  Jarvis,  Jr.,  \ 

Robert  Jarvis  and  Henry  Jarvis,  j  h        j  • 

1776.  Eliphalet  Jarvis,  Claim  for  hording  two  men  one  week 
and  letting  them  have  two  coverlids.  £4  0  0. 
Nov.  10'^  1776. 

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"  By  John  Dunbar,  who  took  horses,  at  the  time  for  the  use  of 
General  (Heaven's  artillery,  took  from  Jonathan  Jarvis  two  horses, 
and  a  driver,  gone  1*2  days.  Received  no  pay;  one  horse  never 
returned,  nor  no  pay — for  value  20  pounds  &c.  To  Carting  wood 
for  the  43  Rogiinent,  By  order  of  General  Leland,  twenty  days 
with  an  Ox  team  &c.  Jonathan  Jarvis." 

1776.  To  4  days'  carting  wood  for  General  Dclancey's  2  & 
S"'  Batt"  at  12  per  day.  John  Jarvis. 

1777.  Claim  of  Philip  Jarvis  for  Carting  wood.  January- the 
29"',  To  carting  one  day,  wood  for  the  2""  Battalion  of  Gen.  De- 
lancee's  B. 

1777,  "February  4'".  To  Carting  one  day  for  the  3""  Batt"  of 
Gen.  Delancee's  Brigade.  Robert  Jarvis." 

1778.  "To  Carting  Gen'  Tryon's  baggage  from  Huntington  to 
Jamaica  with  an  Ox  team ;  gone  4  days  at  1 6  per  day. 

,      John  Jarvis." 
1777.     Abraham  Jarvis,  Robert  Jarvis,  Henry  Jarvis,  Overseers 
Higliways. 

1777.  "  What  has  been  taken  by  his  Majesty's  troops,  June 
29"*,  1777,  a  mare  taken  by  Colonel  Fannon. 

"November,  1776,  To  carrying  Captain  Wooley's  men  Eastward. 

Philip  Jarvis." 

1778.  Eliphalet  Jarvis,  Abraham  Jarvis,  Robert  Jarvis,  Henry 
Jarvis,  Overseers. 

1778.  May  17.  Taken  from  Moses  Jai'vis  for  his  Majesty's  ser- 
vis  3  spoons. 

1779.  Taken  away  by  Dicks  Conductor  March  the  17"'  5  hun- 
di'eds  of  fresh  Hay  by  Col.  Simcoe's  orders.  Robert  Jarvis. 

1780.  Robert  Jarvis,  Henry  Jarvis,  Overseers, 

1780,  August.  "Government  Dr.  to  Abraham  Jarvis;  To  span 
of  horses,  and  waggon  in  Government  service,  commanded  by  Col. 
Simcoe's  on  a  tower.  East  end  of  Long  Island  11  days  at  3/_  for 
each  horse  and  at  3/_  for  wagon  pr  day,  and  at  3/_  per  day  for 
driver.     £6  12  00." 

"Huntington,  10"'  June  1783,  then  personally  appeared  y"  above 
Abraham  Jarvis,  and  made  oath  .to  the  above  account,  against 
Government  for  service." 

178 1-1 7. S2.  Eliphalet  Jarvis,  Abraham  Jarvis,  Henry  Jarvis, 
Overseers  Highways. 

1782.  Received  into  his  Majesties  Magazine  at  Hempstead  nine 
Hundred  of  salt  Hay.  John  Jarvis  N.  C.  L, 


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1782.  Recoivod  of  Robert  Jarvia  lot  of  corn,  hay,  &c.  for  the 
General  Comrnauding.     Long  Swamp,  Oct.  28,  1782. 

John  Hewlett,  8up'  Forage. 

1782.  On  the  24"*  of  October  the  dwelling  owned  })y  John 
Hurti.s  at  tlm  head  of  Cow  Hay  was  attacked  about  midnight  by  a 
gang  of  niaruiiders,  having  first  assaulted  the  store  of  James  Burr 
a  few  rods  off,  and  killed  the  owner,  whoso  position  they  ascer- 
tained by  hit)  voice,  having  by  their  devices  called  him  from  his 
bed.  David  Jarvis  an  apprentice  to  Mr.  Burtis  saw  the  robbers  by 
the  light  of  their  own  fire,  and  shot  at  them  from  the  windows  of 
the  house.  M"  Jarvis  with  admirable  courage  employed  hcsrself 
in  loading  the  guns  (of  which  tluiy  had  several)  while  Jarvis  tired 
upon  the  gang  as  often  as  opportunity  offered.  They  succeeded 
in  beating  off  the  robbers  with  the  loss  of  their  leader  Captain 
Martin,  and  the  wounding  of  several  others,  indicated  by  the  traces 
of  blood  found  next  day  in  their  paths  to  the  boats. 

1782.  "  Received  from  M'  George  Norton,  forty  hundred 
weight  of  salt  hay  into  his  Majesty's  Magazine  at  Hempstead, 
IP"  Feby  1782.  John  Jarvis,  A.  C.  F." 

To  George  Brinby,  Esq.,  Com.  of  Forage. 

1782.  "  Received  from  M''  Israel  Kerle,  six  hundred  weight  of 
salt  hay  into  his  Majesty's  Magazine  at  Hempstead,  IH  Feby  1782. 

J.  Jarvis,  A.  C.  Q." 

To  Geo.  Brinby  Esq.,  Com.  of  forage. 

1782.  ReC*  of  Robert  Jarvis  lot  of  Corn,  Hay,  &c  for  the  Gen- 
eral Commanding. 

Long  Swamp  28'"  Oct.  1782. 

Jn"  Hewlett 

Sup.  of  forage. 

1782.  Receipt  for  forage  from  Robert  Jarvis. 

Feb.  19'"  1782.  Jno.  Hewlett 

Sup.  forage. 

1783.  Eliphalet  Jarvip  aiai  Ichabod  Jarvis,  Overseers  High- 


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Tho'  Jarvis." 
Thf'uas  Jarvis,  Jr.,  D»!ed  May  26,  To  James  Townsend 


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father  TlioinaH  Esq.  These  Tliomases  had  land  granted  by  Town, 
by  father's  rights,  16G9,  1704,  1721,  1731,  1732,  1737. 

1785.  Isaiali  Jarvis,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Charity  Jarvis,  Deeds 
of  land  in  East  end  of  Village,  Witness  William  Jarvis  and  John 
Ketcham.  Land  grants  William  Jr.  and  Isaiah,  1729  and  1732. 
Isaiah  named  in  records  deceased  1737. 

1788.  Jonathan  Jarvis,  Gives  land  in  east  end  of  Village  to  his 
son  Isaiah.  Land  granted  1697,  1722,  1723,  and  1724,  rightE  of 
Jonathan  Jarvis  deceased. 

1788,  April  7.  Jonathan  Jarvis  and  Charity  his  wife  to  his  son 
Isaiah  50^  acres  of  Little  Neck. 


E. 

Tax  List. 
IVom  State  Documents,  Iluntingtov ,  L.  I.,  1683. 

1683.     Stephen  Jarvis,  £123     00.     00 

Stephen  Jarvis  Jr.,  31     00.     00 

1755.     Thomas  Jarvis,  1  female  slave. 

Benajah  Jarvis,  1  female  and  1  male. 

Tax  list,  1776. 

1775.     Stephen  Jarvis,  13  head  of  Cattle. 

5     "      "    Swine. 
5  Vessels. 
16  Acres. 


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Contract  Between  Jos.  Wood  and  Wm.  Jarvis,  Dated 

Sept.  4,   1688. 

This  indenture  made  the  fourth  day  of  September  in  y"  fourth 
year  of  y*"  reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  James  y"  second  over  Eng- 
land, Scotland  France  and  Ireland,  King  and  in  y°  year  of  Christ 
1688  between  Joseph  Wood  of  Morice  in  y°  town.ship  of  Hemp- 
stead upon  Long  Island  })eing  in  the  Queens  County  yooman  and 
Joanna  his  wife  of  the  one  party  and  William  Jarvis  of  Hunting- 


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ton  In  y"  county  of  Suffolk  in  y"  said  island — both  in  jurisdiction 
of  York.  In  service  of  husbandmiiu  of  the  oiher  party  witness- 
eth  that  the  said  Joseph  Wood  for  and  in  consideration  of  those 
several  sums  of  money  have  y'  saved  to  be  payed  by  y"  said  Wil- 
liam Jarvis,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns  to  y"  said 
Joseph  Wood,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns  at 
times  and  places  hereafter  expressed.  Y"  is  to  save  y°  just  and 
whole  sums  of  seven  poundos,  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence — 
at  or  before  the  first  of  May  next  Insuing  if  y'  s"*  William  have  a 
good  voyage  in  whaling  y*  year  before  if  not  then  to  pay  the  fore- 
said sums  of  good  and  lawful  money  without  fraud  or  further 
delays — at  or  before  the  first  of  December  next  Insuing  and 
shall  be  in  year  of  our  Lord  1689 — at  y"  now  dwelling  house  of 
Ebenetus  Piatt,  sqe  in  Huntington  aforesaid  and  also  y*  like  sums 
of  seven  pounds,  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence  of  like  lawful 
money  to  pay  at  or  before  y"  first  day  of  May  which  shall  be  in 
y"  year  1()90,  if  he  has  a  good  voyage  in  whaling — y"  year  before 
— If  not  then  to  pay  y"  aforesaid  sums  at  y''  place  aforesaid — with- 
out fraud  or  fu'ther  delays — at  or  before  y*  first  of  December  next 
after  y*  also  y"  like  sums  of  sev  n  pounds,  thirteen  shillings  and 
four  pence — to  pay  at  or  before  y"  first  of  May  which  shall  be  in 
y"  year  of  our  Lord  1()91 — if  y°  said  William  have  a  good  voyage 
in  whaling-  y*  year  before,  if  not  then  to  pay  y""  aforesaid  sums  at 
or  before  y°  firsu  of  December  next  after  at  y"  place  aforesaid, 
without  fraud  or  any  further  delays — for  and  in  consideration  of 
those  foresaid  sums  thus  saved  to  be  payed  y°  said  Joseph  Wood, 
and  Joanna  his  wife  doth  hereby  barcjain  and  solo  allonoato 
Enfoof,  confirm  and  make  over  our  right,  title  and  interest,  claims 
and  demands — unto  j"  said  William  Jarvis  l.us  heirs,  executors, 
administrators  and  assigns  of  all  that  house  and  building  to  go 
and  havo  with  that  lot  of  land  upon  which  it  standoth  being  by  esti- 
mation two  acres  be  y°  same  more  or  less — abutting  upon  y"  north 
aide  of  lot  where  Captain  Baylis  now  liveth  and  unon  y«  north- 
east side  upon  y*  way  that  leadeth  to  y"  harbor  with  all  y*  fences, 
liberti')S,  Easomonts-wator,  woods  underwoods  and  Emulhimotis 
whatsoever  being  part  or  parcel  of  my  hundred  pound  right  which 
I  lastly  purchased  or  had  granted  from  and  by  free  houndors  of 
Huntington  y"  re-^ords  of  y"  court  will  approve  with  all  our  right, 
and  title  there  ^  .ito  pertaining  whether  it  be  in  land  layed  out  or  to 
be  layod  out  with  all  our  right  of  Comanage  thereto  belonging  or 
appertaining  to  liave  and  to  nold  to  hirn  and  his  hoyors,  executors, 


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263 


administrators  or  assigns  forever  at  y°  v  vogdinisd  [organized] 
premises  with  all  its  appurtenances  from  y"  said  Joseph  Wood  and 
Joanna  his  wife  or  their  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and  assigns 
he  y  said  William  Jarvis  paying  &  discharging  all  debtors  & 
demandors  and  doings  &  performing  all  just  services  as  pertains  to 
y°  premises  and  he  y''  said  Joseph  Wood  doth  hereby  own  and 
ackno'.vledge  to  be  the  lawful  owner  and  possessor  of  y°  premises 
and  doth  hereby  covenant  and  promise  and  grants  for  himself  his 
hoyoi's,  exectutors,  or  administrators  to  warrant  and  defend  y°  same 
to  him  s"*  William  Jarvis  his  hoyors,  executors,  administrators 
and  assigns  from  all  former  bargains,  giftors,  grantors,  morgages, 
foyutors  [founders]  Dowry  or  title  of  Powry  from  all  persons 
whatsoever  lawfully  claiming  of,  for,  by,  or  under  those  in  witness 
have  of  y*  parties  above  named  to  those  indentors  interchanging 
have  set  their  hand  and  seals  this  day  and  year  before  expressed — 
sealed  signed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of  us — 

Jonas  Smith,  Joseph  Wood 

Stephen  Jarvis  Sen.  y" 

John  Lumis.  his  7nark 

Joanna  Wood. 
The  day  and  year  above  mentioned  appeared  before  me  the  sub- 
scribors  and  acknowledged  this  indenture  to  be  their  acts  and 
deeds.  Epanetus  Piatt, 

by  me  John  Ketcham  voce. 


G. 

List  of  Births  and  Mauriaqes.  • 
Furnished  hy  Dr.  Edivard  Jarvis  of  Massachusetts. 


Rebecca,  daugh.  of  Wm.  and  Elizabeth, 
John,  .:on  of  James  and  Penelope, 
Mary,  daugh.  of  James  and  Penelope, 
William,  son  of  John  and  Mary, 
Elizabeth,  daugh.  of  Thomas  and  Lydia, 
Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  and  Lydia, 
Melicent,  daugh.  of  Stephen  and  Lydia  G. 
of  New  Orleans, 


born  May 

1, 

1694 

"     Mch. 

% 

1695 

"     Mch. 

22, 

1697 

"     Oct. 

17, 

1707 

"     Aug. 

20, 

1757 

"     Sept. 

16, 

1759 

Feb.      1,  1844 


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I 


Records  of  Marhiages  in  Boston. 
Edward  Jarvis  (Boston)  and  Nabby  Porter, 

Isaac  and  Abigail  Boden, 
Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  Trevet, 
Robert  and  Mary  Cross, 
Leonard  and  Susannah  Condy, 
Elias  and  Mary  Avis, 
Elias,  Jr.,  and  Deliverance  Atkins, 
Timothy  and  Rebecca  Collins, 
Enock  and  Sarah  Dunnevan, 
Edward  and  Sarah  Storer, 
John  and  Hannah  Seabury, 
Daniel  and  Sukey  Candredge, 
Edward  and  Catharine  Hammett, 
Robert  and  Lydia  Audebert, 
John  Jervise  and  Mary  Ingersoll, 
Boston  and  Mary  Ann  Malcolm, 
Denning  and  Ann  Smith  Statson, 
Leonard  and  Mary  Hubbard  Gruin, 
Benjamin  and  Mary  Porter, 
John  Jarves  and  Ann  Wilson, 
Charles  and  Nancy  Thayer, 
Stephen  and  Lydia  Grafton  Prescott, 


Marshfield, 

Feb.      8, 

1793 

Jan.    19, 

1698 

July    16, 

1713 

Jan.    29, 

1723 

April  12, 

1739 

Nov.   11, 

1747 

June     7, 

1750 

Aug.  30, 

1764 

April  U, 

1774 

July    19, 

1781 

April  10, 

1788 

Dec.    12, 

1797 

Nov.     5, 

1754 

Sept.  30, 

1753 

Oct.       9, 

1768 

Jan.      5, 

1783 

May   24, 

1815 

Aug.  15, 

1816 

Nov.  30, 

1809 

April  28, 

1812 

Sept.  12, 

1824 

Aug.  21, 

1838 

H. 

Deed  of  Joseph  Wood  to  William  Jarvis,   1702. 

This  Indenter  made  the  twenty  sixth  day  of  Novembar  In  the 
first  yeare  of  the  raign  of  our  Soveraign  Lady  Ana  by  the  grace 
of  God,  queen  of  England,  Scotland,  Franc,  and  Irelands  defendar 
of  the  faith  and  in  yeare  of  our  I^ord  Christ,  one  thousand  seven 
Hundared  and  two.  Between  Jose})h  Wood  of  Huntington  in  the 
County  of  Suffolk  upon  the  Island  of  Nasaw  in  the  Collanay  of 
Newyork  In  Amaraca  ycman,  of  the  one  part  and  William  Jarvis 


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265 


the 
jrace 
sndar 
leven 
n  the 
ay  of 
arvis 


of  the  same  town,  County  and  Oollany.  Aforesaid  yoman  of  the 
other  part  witneseth  that  the  aforesaid  Joseph  Wood  for  and  in 
consideration  of  a  sartain  sum  of  good  and  lawfull  money  of  New- 
york  to  him  the  said  Joseph  Wood  in  liand  paid  by  the  said  Wil- 
liam Jarvis  at  or  before  the  ensealling  and  delivary  hereof  of  him 
the  said  Joseph  Wood  doth  acknowledge  himself  heare  with  to  be 
fully  satisfied,  contented  and  paid,  and  there  of,  and  there  from 
and  of,  and  from  every  part  and  being  in  the  town  of  Huntington 
aforesaid,  and  is  Bounded  as  followith,  on  the  West  by  the  hiway, 
on  the  North  by  John  Piatt  horn  lot,  on  the  est  by  the  Woods  In 
Comans  on  the  South,  by  Thomas  Smith  hom  lot  togathjr  with  all 
housings,  barns  fences  gardins  orchards  with  all  the  Right,  title, 
interest  posesion  proparty,  Claime,  and  demand,  whatsoever  the 
said  Joseph  Wood  made  unto  the  said  land  to  have  and  to  hold 
The  said  land  with  the  apertanances  unto  tlie  said  William  Jarvis 
his  haires  Excutors  and  administrators  unto  the  sole  and  only 
propar  use  and  behauf  of  him  the  said  William  Jarvis,  his  heires 
and  assignes  for  ever  apd  the  said  Joseph  Wood  doth  for  him  selfe 
his  heires  and  assigns  that  he  the  said  Joseph  Wood  now  at  the 
insealling  and  delivary  heare  of  standeth  and  is  soly  Rightfully 
sesed  of  the  said  premisis  of  a  good  and  perfict  Estate  in  fee 
simpoU  to  Him  his  heires  and  asignes  for  ever  and  that  the  premi- 
ses now  are  and  forever  hereafter,  shall  be,  and  remain  to  the  said 
William  Jarvis,  his  heires  and  asignes,  full  and  clerely  acquited 
releced  and  discharged  of,  and  from  all,  and  all  manar  of  other, 
and  formar  bargins,  sales  alanations  morgages  Judgments,  Exe- 
cutions, and  all  other  charges  and  Incumberences  whatsoever,  and 
the  above  said  Joseph  Wood,  his  heires  Executors  and  Adminis- 
trators and  asignes,  doth  Covinant,  promis,  and  grant,  to,  and  with 
the  said  William  Jarvis,  his  heires,  Executors,  Administrators  or 
asignes,  that  at  any  time  or  times,  heareafter,  upon  Requests  made 
shall  give  any  further  security  as  he  the  said  W  illiam  Jarvis  or 
his  larned  councel  in  the  law  thinks  fit  and.  further  the  said  Joseph 
Wood  doth  ingago  him  self,  his  h aires,  Executors,  Administrators, 
and  asignes,  that  from  time  to  time,  and  for  ever  shall  and  will 
save  harmles  and  Indemnifi,  the  said  William  Jarvis  his  heires, 
and  asignes,  from  any  person,  or  persons,  whatsoever  that  may,  or 
shall  lay  any  just  clame  to  him,  or  the  said  William  Jarvis  or  his 
successors  in  his  or  there  quiet  possession  in  witness  whereof  the 
said  Joseph  Wood  hath  hereunto  set  to  his  hand  and  fixed  his  seal 

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266 


APPENDIX   I. 


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the  day  and  year  first  above  written.  Sealed  and  delivered  In  the 

presence  of 

Jonathan  Jams,  ^  '- — -•— ^ 

Nathaniel  Wickes.  -j    Seal,    t 


Joseph  Wood. 


1702. 


]    Seal.    [ 


Memorandom  that  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  October  1703  aperaed 
before  John  Wicks  one  of  her  Majestis  Justises  of  the  peace,  for 
the  County  of  Suffolk  the  within  named  Joseph  Wood,  and  doth 
acknowledge  the  within  writen  conveiance  to  bee  his  free  and  vol- 
lantary  act  and  deed.  ''*"  John  "Wickes. 

Memorandom  that  on  the  25  day  of  October  1703.apeared 
before  John  Wickes  one  of  her  Majestis  Justises  of  the  peace  for 
the  County  of  Suffolk  Ennis  Wood  the  wife  of  the  with  in  named 
Joseph  Wood  and  doth  acknowledge  the  within  writen  convaiance 
to  bee  her  free  and  vollantary  act  and  deed  with  her  dear  husband. 

'•'"' I  John  Wickes. 

This  deed  of  sale  is  recorded  in  page  63  by  Mr  John  Ketcham, 

Clark. 


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m 


I. 

List  of  Marriages  and  Baptisms,  Presbyterian  Church, 
Huntington,   L.  I. 

Marriages  by  Rev.  E.  Prime. 

1724,  June     1,  Daniel  Kellogg  of  Norwalk,  to  Eunice  Jarvis  of 

Huntington. 

1725,  May      3,  Samuel  Stratton  and  Esther  Jarvis,  dau.  William, 

Testator. 

1726,  Jan.     14,  Thomas  Jarvis  and  Abigail  Smith,  2d  wife,  Hunt- 

ington. 

1728,  May    15,  Stephen  Jarvis  and  Ann  Wheeler,  Smith  Town, 

Huntington. 

1729,  July      4,  Isaiah  Jarvis  and  Hannah  Whitman,  Huntington. 
1731,  May      5,  Benajah  Jarvis  (son  of  William,  suj^posed  to  be  son 

of  Jonathan)  and  Jemima  Smith,  Ist  wife. 


APPENDIX   I. 


267 


1<J4,  Feb.  26,  Abraham  Jarvis  (son  of  William,  Testator,)  and 
Lavinia  Rogers,  Huntington. 

1736,  Sept.     2,  John  Wood  and  Phebe  Jarvis,  Huntington. 

1739,  May  20,  Elnathan  Smith  and  Hannah  Jarvis  (widow),  Hunt- 
ington, 

1743,  June  26,  Sylvanus  Sammis  and  Deborah  Jarvis,  Hunting- 
ton. 

1745,  Dec.    30,  William  Jarvis,  Jr.  (son  of  William),  and  Zerviah 

Rogers,  Huntington. 

1746,  Jan.    20.  Jonathan  Jarvis  (son  of  Wm.)  and  Annie  Brewster, 

Ist  wife,  Huntington. 

1747,  Jan.     27,  Benajah  Jarvis  (widower)  and  Annie  Sammis,  2d 

wife,  Huntington. 

1749,  Nov.    12,  Philip  Jarvis  and  Elizabeth  Sammis,  Huntington. 

1750,  Mch.      6,  Stephen  Higbie  and  Esther  Jarvis,  Huntington. 

1751,  Nov.   21,  Jonas  Rogers  and  Mary  Jarvis,  Huntington. 

1751,  Nov.    26,  Zebulon  Whitman  and  Phebe  Jarvis,  Huntington. 

1752,  April  30,  Richard  Piatt  and  Elizabeth  Jarvis,  Huntington. 
1752,  May    26,  Henry  Jarvis  and  Sarah  Rogers,  Huntington. 

1754,  Sept.   22,  Augustin  Jarvis  and  Sarah  Bunce,  Huntington. 

1755,  Feb.      4,  Hezekiali  Weeks  (son  of  Thomas)  and  Louisa  Jar- 

vis, d.  of  Stephen,  Huntington. 

1756,  July    13,  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  Mott,  Huntington. 
1758,  Feb.    23,  Losee  Ireland  and  Elizabeth  Jarvis,  Huntington. 
1758,  Nov.     2,  Joseph  Jarvis  and  Phebe  Burtiss,  Huntington. 
1760,  Mch.    16,  Austin  Jarvis  (son  of  Stephen,  Sr.,)  I'ld  Jemima 

Whitehead,  Huntington. 

1760,  July  31,  Abram  Jarvis  (widower)  and  Hannah  Conklin  (wid- 
ow), Hvmtington. 

1760,  Dec.  1,  Robert  Jarvis  (son  of  Isaiah)  and  Sarah  Ireland, 
Huntington. 

1762,  June  20,  Seth  Jarvis  and  Charity  Gates,  Huntington. 

1762,  July    29,  Eliphalet  Jarvis  and  iiuth  Whitman,  Huntington. 

1763,  Feb.    15,  Isaac  Dennis  and  Sarah  Jarvis,  Huntington. 
1763,  Aug.   24,  Benjamin  Conklin  and  Keziah  Jarvis.  Huntington. 
1763,  Sept.   12,  Joseph  Jarvis  (widower)  and   Elizabeth   Rogers, 

Huntington. 

1763,  Sept.  29,  Thomas  Jarvis,  Jr.,  and  Hannah  Bryant,  Hunting- 

ton. 

1764,  April  12,  Robert  Deane  and  Elizabeth  Jarvis,  Norwalk  and 

Huntington. 


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268 
1Y64,  May 

1765,  Dec. 

1767,  Mcli. 

1767,  Dec. 

1768,  June 

1769,  Mch. 

1770,  Dec. 

1772,  May 

1772,  Feb. 

1777,  May 
1779,  June 


1779, 

1780, 
1780, 

1781, 

1782, 
1782, 
1782, 

« 

1783, 
1781, 
1784, 
1785, 
1786, 

1787, 
1788, 


April 

Jan, 

April 

Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Dec. 

Jan. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Sept. 

Dec. 

Jan. 
July 


1789,  Feb. 


APPENDIX   1. 

2,  Abram  Camp  and  Milerson  Jarvis,  d.  of  Benajah, 

Huntington. 
1,  Jonathan  Jarvis  (widower,  son  of  William)  and 
Charity  White,  2d  wife,  Huntington. 
24,  Michael  Bedell  and  Esther  Jarvis,  Huntington. 

30,  Joshua  Rogers  and  Savinah  Jarvis,  Huntington. 

10,  Abram  Jarvis,  Jr.  (son  6f  Abram),  and  Jerusha 

Chichester,  Huntington. 

1 1,  Nathaniel  Jarvis  and  Phebe  Allen,  d.  of  Dr.  Sam'l 

Allen,  Huntington. 
19,  Ichabod  Jarvis  (son  of  Abram)  and  Phebe  Bunco, 

Huntington. 
21,  John  .'   rvis  (son  of  Stephen)  and  Naomi  Bunce, 

Huntington. 
8,  Benjamin  Dennis  and  Ruth  Jarvis,  d.  of  Stephen, 

Huntington. 
28,  Zachariah  Rogers  and  Mary  Jarvis. 
26,  Nehemiah  Brush,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Jarvis. 

Marriages  by  the  Rev.  Joshua  Ilart. 

5,  Nathaniel  Jarvis  and  Elizabeth  Wires. 

31,  Samuel  Jarvis  (son  of  Henry)  and  Mary  Ruscoe. 

19,  Ephraim  Oakes  and  Mary  Jarvis,  dau.  of  Stephen, 

son  of  Thomas. 
31,  Daniel  Jarvis  (son  oi  Austin)  and  Deborah  Rogers. 

6,  Ebenezer  Blachley  and  Sarah  Jarvis. 
6,  Zophar  Nickols  and  Drusilla  Jarvis. 

15,  Isaiah  Jarvis  (son  of  William)  and  Phebe  Whit- 
man. 
15,  Samuel  Nickols  and  Elizabeth  Jarvis. 

20,  Thomas  Jarvis  and  Keziah  Conklin. 
19,  Joel  Rogers  and  Elizabeth  Jarvis. 

26,  Eliphalet  Jarvis  and  Siisanna  Weeks,  Huntington. 
31,  Isaiah  Jarvis  (son  of  Robert)  and  Christian  Gould, 

Huntington. 
11,  Philip  Jarvis  and  Julianna  Smith,  Huntington. 
6,  Daniel  Jarvis  (son  of  Austin)  and  Patty  Smith, 

Huntington. 
17,  Augustin  Jarvis  (son  of  Philip)  and  Martha  Den. 

ton,  Huntington. 


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269 


1789 

1789 

1789 

1789 

1791 
1791 

1792 

1792 
1793 

1793 

1794 

1794 
1798 

1799 
1802 

1802 

1803, 

1803 

1800 

1807 
1807 

1807 
1810 

1813,  May      1 


,  April 

7, 

,  May 

1, 

,  Nov. 

9, 

,  Nov. 

23, 

,  Mch. 

5, 

,  July 

31, 

,  Jan. 

15, 

,  June 

10, 

,  Feb. 

16, 

,  June 

16, 

,  May 

25, 

,  July 

3, 

,  May 

7, 

,  April 

1.5, 

,  Feb. 

4, 

,  Nov. 

6, 

,  Oct. 

22, 

,  Nov. 

5, 

,  Oct. 

11, 

,  Feb. 

7, 

,  Mch. 

20, 

,  April 

H, 

,  Dec. 

22, 

Piatt  Rogers  and  Phebe  Jarvis,  dau.  of  Robert, 

Huntington. 
Joseph  J.  Jarvis  (son  of  Robert)  and  Phebe  Carll, 

Huntington. 
Natlianiel  Jarvis  and  Jemima  (rildersloflve,  TTnnt- 

ington. 
William  Jarvis  (son  of  Henry)  and  Nanpy  Smith, 

dau.  of  Jacob,  Huntington. 

Samuel  Jarvis  and Wiser,  Huntington. 

Thomas  Jarvis  (son  of  Stepheii).and  Rebecca  Piatt, 

Huntington. 
Elkanah  Bunce  and  Lavinah  Jarvis,  d.  of  Abram, 

Huntington. 
Eliphalet  Sammis  and  Mary  Jarvis,  Huntington. 
Jonathan   Jarvis   (son   of   Robert)   and   Deborah 

Whitson,  Huntington. 
Augustin  Jarvis  (son  of  Austin)  and  Charity  Piatt, 

Huntington. 
Joshua  Duryea  and  Sarah  Jarvis,  dau.  of  Robert, 

East  Woods, 

Silas  Smitli  and Jarvis,  Cow  Harbor. 

Jacob  Jarvis  (s.  of  Abram)  and  Experience  Rogers, 

Huntington. 
Eliphalet  Bunce  and  Hannah  Jarvis,  Huntington. 
Jacob  Jarvis  (s.  of  Abram)  and  Experience  Rogers, 

Huntington. 
Thomas  Jarvis  (son  of  Rohert)  and  Phebe  Remp, 

Huntington. 
John  Jarvis,  Jr.  (son  of  John),  and  Keturah  Oakes, 

dau.  of  Ephraim,  Cow  Harbor. 
Ebenezer  Smith  and  Frcelovo  Jarvis  (wid.),  Hunt- 
ington. 
Israel  Jarvis  (s.  of  Ichabod)  and  Bethshoba  Rogers, 

Huntington. 
Jacob  Jarvis  and  Nancy  Udall,  Cow  Harbor. 
Enoch  Smith  and  Hannah  Jarvis,  d.  of  Ichabod, 

Old  Fields  and  Cow  Harbor. 
Piatt  Sammis  and  Keturah  Jarvis,  Htintington. 
Gilbert  Fleet  (son  of  Thomas)  and  Keziah  Jarvis, 

dau.  of  Abram,  Huntington. 
,  Enoch  Smith  and  Sarah  Jarvis,  dau.  of  Ichabod, 

Huntington.  ' 


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270  APPKNnix  I. 

1813,  June  24,  Augustin  Jarvis  and  Fhebe  Oakes,  Huntington. 

1814,  Feb.    16,  Jarvis  Dennis  and  Ruth  Jarvis,  dau.  of  William, 

Huntington. 

1814,  Mch.     2,  Philip  Jarvis,  Jr.,  and  Ehzabeth  "Weeks. 

1815,  Mch.     4,  David  Jarvis  (son  of  Jonathan)  and  Charity  Whit- 

man, West  Hills. 

181G,  Nov.  30,  Stephen  Ritchie  and  Maria  Jarvis,  dau.  of  Joseph 
Jarvis,  Huntington. 

1817,  Nov.  22,  Rufus  Jarvis  (son  of  Daniel)  and  Annie  Gilder- 
sleeve.  Huntington. 

1817,  Dec.  31,  James  Smith  and  Mary  Jarvis,  d.  of  Daniel,  Hunt- 
ington. 

1817,  Jan.  31,  Augustin  Jarvis  (son  of  Philip)  and  Phebe  Piatt, 
Huntington. 

1819,  Dec.  30,  Treadwell  Carll  (son  of  Oliver)  and  Hannah  Jarvis, 
d.  of  Daniel. 


List  of 

Baptisms, 

By  Rev. 

E.  Prime. 

1724, 

Aug. 

16, 

Henry  Jarvis, 

1738, 

Nov. 

12 

Jemima  Jarvis, 

1726, 

Mch. 

27, 

Deborah  Jarvis, 

1739, 

Nov. 

4 

Elizab'h  Jarvis, 

1727, 

Sept. 

'■^4, 

Isaac  Jarvis, 

1742, 

Jan. 

10, 

Nath'l  Jarvis, 

1729, 

April 

7, 

S.  P.  B.  Jarvis, 

1744, 

Feb. 

4, 

Sarah  Jarvis, 

1729, 

Aug. 

3, 

August.  Jarvis, 

1744. 

June 

3, 

Keziah  Jarvis, 

1730, 

July 

26, 

Ann  Jarvis, 

1746, 

June 

29, 

Abra'm  Jarvis, 

1730, 

Aug. 

2, 

Isaiah  Jarvis, 

1746, 

June 

29, 

Levina  Jarvis, 

1731, 

Dec, 

26, 

Elizab'h  Jarvis, 

1746, 

Oct. 

31, 

Millers'n  Jarvis, 

1732, 

Feb. 

6, 

Esther  Jarvis, 

1746, 

Dec. 

7, 

Elizab'h  Jarvis, 

1732, 

June 

4, 

Joseph  Jarvis, 

1746, 

Dec. 

28, 

Samuel  Jarvis, 

1733, 

April 

29, 

Louise  Jarvis, 

1748, 

June 

^h 

Ichabod  Jarvis, 

1734, 

Jan. 

4, 

Susanna  Jarvis, 

1748, 

Aug. 

14, 

Ruth  Jarvis, 

1734, 

Feb. 

24, 

Sarah  Jarvis, 

1749, 

May 

7, 

Isaac  Jarvis, 

1735, 

Oct. 

10, 

Stephen  Jarvis, 

1750, 

May 

20, 

Esther  Jarvis, 

1736, 

Jan. 

4, 

Thomas  Jarvis, 

1750, 

Nov. 

11,' 

William  Jarvis, 

1736, 

Feb. 

8, 

Eliphal't  Jarvis, 

1752, 

M(;h. 

8, 

David  Jarvis, 

1736, 

May 

16, 

Robert  Jarvis, 

1752, 

Oct. 

4, 

Jacob  Jarvis, 

1736, 

July 

18, 

Sarah  Jarvis, 

1755, 

May 

16, 

P.  P.  B.  Jarvis, 

1736, 

Doc. 

12, 

Mary  Jarvis, 

1756, 

May 

2 

Jemima  Jarvis, 

1737, 

Sept. 

25, 

Austin  Jarvis, 

1757, 

Feb. 

27, 

Maiy  Jarvis, 

1738, 

Aug. 

13, 

Isaiah  Jarvis, 

1757, 

Mch. 

6, 

Phebe  Jarvis, 

Al'PKNDIX    I. 


271 


1758,  May 
17r)8,  July 

1759,  July 

1760,  May 

1761,  Moll. 
1761,  Aug. 

1761,  Aug. 

1762,  Mch. 
1762,  May 
1762,  Aiig. 

1762,  May 

1763,  Fob. 

1767,  Feb. 

1767,  April 

1768,  Aug. 

1768,  Dec. 

1769,  Mch. 

1769,  July 
1709,  Dec. 

1770,  Oct. 

1770,  Dec. 

1771,  Mch. 

1771,  June 

1772,  Jan. 


28,  Mary  Jarvis,  1763,  May 
23,  Z.  R.  Jarvis,  1763,  Oct. 
15,  Philip  Jarvis,  1764,  Sept. 
30,  Isaiah  Jarvis,  1764,  Sept. 

29,  Daniel  Jarvis,  1764,  Sept. 
13,  David  Jarvis,  1764,  Oct. 

30,  Sarah  Jarvis,  1764,  Oct. 
23,  Timothy  Jarvis,  1765,  Jan. 
30,  Isaac  Jarvis,  1765,  Mch. 

8,  August.  Jarvis,  1765,  June 

15,  Sarah  Jarvis,  1760,  Aug. 
0,  Tsaiah  Jarvis, 


8,  Alex.  Jarvis, 

9,  Deborah  Jarvis, 
2,  Hannah  Jarvis, 
2,  May  Jarvis, 

2,  Sarah  Jarvis, 

28,  Josepli  I.  Jarvis, 

29,  Timothy  Jarvis, 
29,  Lemuel  Jarvis, 
31,  Elizab'h  Jarvis, 

9,  Esther  Jarvis, 

3,  Timothy  Jarvis. 


1772, 
1772, 
1773, 
1773, 
1774, 
1774, 
1774, 
1774, 
1775, 


Aug. 

Oct. 

April 

May 

Mch. 

June 

June 

Nov. 

April 


7,  Simon  Lessee  Jarvis,  son  of  Robert,  by  Rev.  Wm. 
Schenck. 
26,  Phebe  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  B.  Prime. 

1 4,  Charity,  wife  of  Jonathan  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  William 

Schenck. 
28,  Hannah,  dau.  of  Henry  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  William 

Schenck. 
9, ,  son  of  Robert  Jarvis,  b}/   Rev.   William 

Schenck. 
2,  Augustin,  son  of  Austin  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  William 

Schenck. 

15,  Thomas,  son  of  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr.,  by  Rev.  Wm. 

Schenck. 
7,  Phebe  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  E.  Prime. 
15,  Margaret,  dau.  Abraham  Jarvis,  Jr.,  by  Rev.  Wra. 

Schenck. 
25,  Stephen  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  E.  Prime. 

15,  Jesse,  son  of  Henry  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Schenck. 
19,  Lavina,  dau.  of  Abraham  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  William 

Schenck. 
23,  Isaac,  son  of  Robert  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Schenck. 
1 0,  Jane  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  E.  Primo. 

18,  Abbie,  d.  of  Jacob  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Schenck. 

16,  Mary  Jarvis,         by  Rev.  E.  Prime. 
13,  Rebecca  Jarvis,      "  " 

10,  Sarah  Jarvis, 
10,  Keturah  Jarvis, 
5,  Phebe  Jarvis, 

19,  Hannah  Jarvis, 


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1775, 

Jan. 

1775, 

Oct. 

1776, 

Feb. 

1776, 

June 

1777, 

Nov. 

1777, 

Mch. 

1786, 

May 

1786, 

May 

1787, 

Mch. 

1787, 

Mch. 

17S7, 

Mch. 

1787, 

Sept. 

1789, 

Feb. 

1789, 

June 

1789, 

June 

1796, 

April 

1790, 

April 

1797, 

July 

1800, 

Sept. 

1800, 

Sept. 

1800, 

Sept. 

1800, 

Sept. 

1800, 

Sept. 

1801, 

Jan. 

1802, 

Jan. 

1804,  Aug. 


13,  Nicholas  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  E.  Prime. 

1,  Joanna  Jarvis,       "  '• 

13,  Elizabeth  Jarvis,  "  " 

9,  Zebediah  Jarvis,    "  «« 

7,  Hannah  Jarvis,      "  " 

31,  Susanna  Jarvis,     "  " 

7,  Phebe,  wife  of  Isaiah  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Schonck. 

7,  3  children,  not  named,  *' 

7,  Stephen,  s.  John  Jarvis,        " 

7,  John,  s.  of  "  " 

7,  Hannah,  d.  "  " 

16,  Elkanah,  s.  Isaiali  Jarvis,     " 
25,  Mary  RloonifioM,  g.  d.  Henry  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm. 

Schenck. 
15,  Hannah,  d.  Isaiah  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  "Wm.  Schenck. 
15,  Child  of  Philip  Jarvis,  "  " 

10,  John  Bloomfield,  s.  Timothy  Jarvis,*  by  Rev.  Wm. 
Schenck. 

24,  Elkanah,  s.  Isaiah  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Schenck. 
9,  William,  s.  "  "  " 

28,  Robert,  s.  Simon  Lessee  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  William 

Schonck. 
28,  David  Conklin,  s.  Simon  Lessee  Jarvis,  by  Rev. 

Wm.  Schenck. 
28,  Thomas  Highbee,  s.  Simon  Lossee  Jarvis,  by  Rev. 

Wm.  Schenck. 
28,  Elizabeth,  d.  Simon  Lossee  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm. 

Schenck. 
28,  Esther,  d.  Simon  Lossee  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  William 

Schenck. 
3,  Moses,  s.  Philip  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Schenck. 

25,  Jonathan,  a.  Simon  L.  Jarvis,  by  Rev.   William 

Schenck. 
5,  Phebe,  d.  Simon  L.  Jarvis,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Schenck. 


*"John  Bloomfield,  son  of  Timothy  Jarvis  and  Phebe,  his  wife,  who 
at  the  same  time  made  a  profession  of  their  faitli  uud  renewed  their  cove- 
nants." 


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273 


J. 

List  of  Members  of  Pkesbytehian  Ciiubcii,  IIuntinoton,  L.  I. 

Jiev.   E.    Prime. 

1724,  July  15,  William  Jarvis,  Sr., 
"           "        Esther,  his  wife, 

1725,  Dec.  2,  Mehitabol  Jarvis. 
"          "        Wm. .Jarvis,  Jr. 

1726,  Dec.     1,  Millerson  Jarvis. 
1738,  April  2,  Bonajah  Jarvis, 

"  "         Jeniinia,  his  wife, 

"  «'        Hannah,  his  child. 

1740,  Jan.  30,  Thomas  Jarvis, 

"  •'        Abigail,  his  wife. 

1748,  Mch.  30,  Zerviah  Jarvis. 

1750,  Oct.  .5,  Phebe  Jarvis. 

1764,  Oct.  28,  Annie,  wife  of  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr. 

1765,  Mch.  31,  Levina  Jarvis. 


1786, 

'it 

i( 

1796, 
(I 

1800, 


u 


Rev.  W.  Schenck. 

Dec.  3,  Isaiah  Jarvis. 

"        Charity  Jarvis. 

"        Phobe  Jarvis. 
Sept. 1 6,  Annie  Jarvis,  wife  of  WiUiam. 

"        Martlia  Jarvis,  wife  of  Augustin. 

Nov.  7,  Simon  L.  Jarvis. 

"        Keturah,  his  wife.  " 


Deaths  of  Members  on  Records  of  Rev.  W.  Schenck. 

1771,  Mch.  30,  Stephen  Jarvis,  Jr. 

"     July  25,  Sarah  Jarvis,  wife  of  Stephen,  Jr. 

1772,  Mch.  rs,  Stephen  Jarvis,  Sr. 

"      Sept.  23,  Jonathan  Jarvis,  wife. 

1773,  April    7,  Wife  of  Samuel  Jarvis. 

1786,  Sept.  27,  Philip  Jarvis. 

1787,  May  12,  Widow  Jarvis,  Cow  Harbor. 
1795,  July  25,  Jonathan  Jarvis,  aged  77. 

1800,  Mch.  17,  Charity  Jarvis,  wife  c^f  Jonathan,  aged  74. 


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K. 

CoNTHAOT  OK  Samiikl  Stkatton  OF  IIuNTivoTON,  L.  I.,  May  8,  1727. 

Know  ftU  mon  by  tlioao  prcHonts,  tlmt  T,  Sanni<!ll  Rtratton  of 
huntiiigton,  am  licld,  ami  (irmly  bound  unto  William  .larvis,  my 
fathor-in-Law,  of  tho  wimo placo,  in  tho  full  and  justHumof  nineteen 
pounds,  P^levon  Shillings,  of  good  Current  Money  of  New  York,  to 
be  paid  nnto  the  Sd.  William  Jarvis,  his  Attorney,  heirs,  Ex., 
Ads.  or  assigns,  the  which  payment  well  and  truely  to  Ixnnade  and 
done,  I  do  bind  inyscjlf,  my  heirs,  Exs.  and  Adms.,  jointly  and 
severally,  and  (irmly,  by  these  I'resents,  S((aled  with  my  S(!al,  and 
dated  this  eighth  of  May,  in  the  thirteenth  year  of  the  Reigne 
of  our  Sovereign  Lord  George,  King  over  great  brittain  and  Ire- 
land.    Annodomini  1727. 

The  Condition  of  the  above-written  obligati(m  is  such  that  the 
above  boundeu  Samuell  Stratton,  his  hturs,  Ex.  or  A  dm.,  or  either 
of  them,  shall,  when  his  daughter,  Easter  Stratton,  now  living  with 
her  Grand  Father,  William  Jarvis,  Shall  Marry,  or  come  to  the  Age 
of  Eighteen  years,  which  shall  first  happen,  give  and  alow  to  his 
S'd  daughter  Eastor,  a  good  bed  and  furniture  to  the  Value  of  nine 
pounds,  fifteen  shillings  and  six  pence,  which  he  hath  now  in  his 
hand,  which  was  given  to  his  wife  at  their  marriage,  or  nine 
pounds,  fifteen  shillings  and  six  pence,  of  good  Current  Money,  as 
her  own  Estate,  without  fraud  or  further  delay  than  the  above- writ- 
ten obligation  to  be  void  and  of  no  effect,  otherwise  to  remain  in 
full  force  and  virtue,  and  if  tlu;  S'd  Eastor  die  before  she  attains 
to  the  Age  of  eighteen  years,  or  marryeth,  the  obligation  is  void. 

Signed,  Sealed,  and  delivered 
in  the  presents  of  us. 

Jehiel  Smith,  ,^i^<..^ 

Eponetus  Platt.  SAMUEL  STRATTON.  |    seal    I 


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275 


L. 

Extract  from  a  TiETTER  of  Rev.  T)r.  Ukardslky. 

"  Thd  oarlioHt  (widonco  which  I  have  discovemd  of  any  of  your 
name  Ix'iiig  aftuclied  to  tlic  Kpiscopal  Church,  readios  hack  to 
Norwalk,  in  1738.  Tho  Rov.  Henry  Canor  liad  tlien  been  ofliciating 
in  that  place  about  ten  years  a.,  a  missionary  of  the  'Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  tho  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,'  and  in 
1738,  an  earnest  memorial  was  addressed  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly, signed  by  nearly  six  hundred  persons,  ail  over  sixteen  years 
of  age,  and  embracing  all  the  mah)  '  members  and  professors 
of  the  Church  of  England,  living  in  his  Majesty's  Colony  of  Con- 
necticut.' 

"Among  the  forty-two  signers  fi'om  Norwalk,  were  Samuel 
Jarvis,*  and  directly  under  him,  Samuel  Jarvis  Junior,  and  a  little 
further  on,  William  Jarvis. 

"  As  none  of  this  name  are  to  be  found  at  that  time  under  the 
pastoral  care  of  the  other  six  missionaries  in  tho  colony,  I  infer 
that  these  men  are  the  first  of  the  Jarvis  line  who  broke  away 
from  the  standing  order,  and  helped  to  extend  the  Church,  finally 
giving  us  the  second  Bishop  of  Connecticut." 


M. 


From  "  New  York  Hook  of  Mahriages." 

1738,  Nov.  22,  Hannah 'Jervis  and  Jonathan  Pierson. 
1753,  Sept.   15,  Jain(!s  Jarvis  and  Mary  Bell. 
1764,  April  30,  Millisent  Jarvis  and  Abram  Camp. 
1755,  Dec.    10,  Mary  Jarvis  and  Joseph  French. 
17G0,  June  26,  Sarah  Jervias  and  Reuben  Arthur. 
1760,  July  29,  Abraham  Jarvis  and  Hannah  Conklin. 

1762,  July    14.  Eliphalet  Jarvis  and  Ruth  Whitman. 

1763,  Sept.     9,  Tlionias  Jarvis  and  Hannah  Bryan. 
1763,  Oct.    20,  John  Jervis,  Jr.,  and  Susannah  Thomas. 
1769,  Mch.     6.  Nathaniel  Jarvis  and  Phebe  Allen. 
1772,  Jan.  28,  Ruth  Jervais  and  Benjamin  Dennis. 


*  Father  of  Bishop  Jarvis. 


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1772,  May    8,  John  Jervais  and  Neamy  Bunts. 

1777,  Sept.  29,  Abigail  Jarvis  and  John  Sayer. 

1778,  Feb.  21,  Elozabeth  Jervas  and  Loose  Ireland. 
1782,  Jan.  2,  Druselle  Jarvis  and  Zophar  Nichols. 
1782,  Jan.     2,  Sarah  Jarvis  and  Ebinezer  Blackley. 

1782,  Nov.  29,  Isaiah  Jarvis  and  Phebe  Whitman. 

1783,  Feb.  20,  Grace  Jarvis  and  Joseph  Smith. 


Extracts  from  "  Olden  Times  in  Huntington." 

The  following  extracts  are  from  "  Olden  Times  in  Huntington," 
an  historical  address  b}'  Hon.  Henry  C.  Piatt,  delivered  at  the 
Centennial  Celebration  at  Huntington,  Suffolk  County,  New  York, 
on  the  4th  day  of  July,  1876. 

"  The  people  of  Huntington,  at  the  beginning  of  hostilities  with 
Great  Britain,  called  a  general  town  meeting  on  the  21st  day  of 
June,  1774.  The  resolutions  passed  at  that  meeting  maybe  termed 
Huntington's. 

"  '1st.  That  every  freeman's  property  is  absolutely  his  own,  and 
no  man  has  a  right  to  take  it  from  him  without  his  consent,  ex- 
pressed either  by  himself  or  his  representative. 

"  '  2d.  That  therefore,  all  taxes  and  duties  imposed  on  his  Majes- 
tie's  subjects  in  the  American  Colonies,  by  the  authority  of  Parlia- 
ment, are  wholly  unconstitutional,  and  a  plain  violation  of  the  most 
essential  rights  of  British  sabjects. 

"  '  3d.  That  the  act  of  Parliament,  lat^ely  passed,  for  shutting 
up  the  Port  of  Boston,  or  any  other  means  or  device,  under  color 
of  law,  to  compel  them  or  any  other  of  his  Majestic 's  American 
subjects  to  submit  to  Parliamentary  taxations,  are  subversive  of  their 
just  aud  constitutional  liberty. 

"  '  4th.  That  we  are  of  the  opinion  that  our  brethren  of  Boston, 
are  now  suffering  in  the  common  cause  of  British  America. 

"'5th.  That  therefore,  it  is  the  indispensable  duty  of  all  the 
Colonies  to  unite  in  some  effectual  measure  for  tho  repeal  of  said 
Act,  and  e'":!ry  other  Act  of  Parliament  whereby  they  are  taxed 
for  raising  a  revenue. 

" '  6th.  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  meeting,  that  the  mos.- 
effectual  means  for  obtaining  a  speedy  repeal  of  said  Acts,  will  be 


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to  break  off  all  commercial  intercourse  with  Great  Britain,  Ireland, 
and  the  English  West  India  Colonies. 

"  '  7th.  And  we  hereby  declare  ourselves  ready  to  enter  into  these,  or 
sucli  other  measures  as  shall  be  fxyreed  upon  by  a  General  Congress  of 
the  Colonies,  to  take  such  measures  as  '^\dX\  be  most  effectual  to  pro- 
vent  such  goods  as  are  at  present  in  America  from  being  raised  to 
an  extravagant  price.' 

•  "  A  commi.coe  was  appointed  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  com- 
mittees of  other  towns  in  the  county  to  correspond  with  the  com- 
mittee of  New  York. 

"May  2,  1775.  A*  a  general  tov/n  meeting  in  Huntington,  it 
was  voted  that  there  .should  \  eiglii/y  men  chosen  to  exercise  and 
be  ready  to  march. 

"  The  Committees  of  Correspondence  for  the  County  of  Suifolk, 
met  at  the  County  Hall,  on  Nov.  15th,  1774,  and  it  was  then  and 
there  recommended  to  the  several  towns  to  set  forward  a  subscrip- 
tion for  the  employnient  and  relief  of  the  distressed  poor  in  Boston, 
and  to  procure  a  vessel  to  receive  and  carry  donations  to  Boston.  The 
proceedings  of  the  Continental  Congress,  which  had  met  at  Phila- 
delphia, Sept.  4,  1774.  were  fully  approved. 

"  Under  the  I'ecommendati  ins  and  suggestions  of  the  Provincial 
Congre.ss  of  May  22,  1775,  county  and  tuwn  c  imittees  were 
appointed  to  aid  the  rause.  Huntington  set  to  work  in  earnest  to 
prepare  for  the  coming  struggle.  Two  regiments  of  militia  were 
to  be  organized,  one  in  the  eastern,  and  the  other  in  the  western 
part  of  the  county,  to  join  the  Cont'uental  Army. 

"On  the  22d  day  ot  July,  177  6,  the  news  of  the  Independence 
of  the  thirteen  United  Colo'-'is  readied  Huntington  (no  railroads 
or  telegraphs  in  those  days'  A  grand  parade  of  all  of  the  militia 
and  artillery,  a  salute  of  thirteen  guns,  a  reading  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence,  called  forth  tlie  animated  shouts  of  the  assembled 
people  from  all  parts  of  the  to  vn.  I'he  jJritish  flag  was  hauled 
down,  and  the  ligure  of  Geoi'ge  III  was  rijiped  off.  A  liberty  pole 
was  then  raised. 

"  But  gloomy  days  were  at  hand.  The  British  fleet  soon 
appeared  in  sight  of  our  shores.  British  troops  landed  to  the  east 
of  Huntington,  and  carried  off  cattle  and  provisions,  On  the  27th 
of  August,  1776,  the  disastrous  battle  of  Long  Island,  at  tlie  west 
end,  was  fought.  Tins  defeat  placed  the  whohi  of  Long  Island 
within  the  British  lines,  a.id  left  its  conquered  inhabitants  entirely 
in  their  power. 


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APPENDIX   N. 


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1        i 


"  The  conquest  of  Long  Island  by  the  British  was  now  com- 
plete. The  county  and  town  committeed  of  patriots  were  by  force 
and  fear  compelled  to  revoke,  annul,  and  diravow  their  previou" 
proceedings,  to  repudiate  the  authority  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
and  the  inhabitants  were  compelled  to  take  the  oath  of  allerjiance 
and  of  good  hehavtor  to  the  crown  of  Great  Britain.  Those  who 
had  taken  an  active  part  in  favor  of  the  Rebellion,  fled  to  Con- 
necticut, or  within  the  American  lines,  left  theii'  <  amilies  •  unpro- 
tected, and  their  property  here  to  be  occupied  and  seized  by  Brit- 
ish officers,  or  native  loyalists.  The  Tories  wore  red  rags  on  their 
hats,  to  distinguish  them  from  the  Rebels,  and  also  as  a  badge  of 
safety  and  protection. 

"  Huntington  was  permanently  selected  and  occupied  for  the 
British  foraging  parties  of  cavalry  t "  ''  nze  and  ship  provisions  for 
the  British  army  and  navy. 

"  Thousands  of  troops  were  in  Huntington  in  camp  and  fort,  and 
houses  during  the  war.  The  17th  Liglit  Dragoons,  71st  Infantry, 
Tarleton's  Legion,  Queen's  Rang"rs,  Hewlett's  Provincials,  Loyal 
Refugees,  Jersey  Loyal  Volunteers,  Hessian  Yagers,  and  Prince  of 
Wales  American  Regiment,  were,  at  various  times,  quartered  on 
the  inhabitants  and  encamped  in  their  orchards  and  fields.  Among 
the  prominent  British  officers  were  Gen.  Sir  William  Erskine,Gen. 
Tryon,  Brig.-Gen  Leland,  Brig.-Gen.  DeLancey,  Col.  Tarleton,  Col. 
Simcoe,  Col.  Heedlett,  Col.  Abercrombie,  CjI.  Bruinton,  Col.  Cro- 
ger.  Col.  DeWormb,  Col.  Ludlow,  and  some  twenty  or  thirty 
others. 

"The  first  British  regiment  that  arrived  in  Huntington  after  the 
battle  of  Long  Island,  was  the  1 7tli  Light  Dragoons.  They  found 
no  American  troops  to  oppose  them.  The  officers  stopped  at  the 
house  of  Mrs.  Stephen  Ketcham,  who  had  a  large  family,  and  a  num- 
ber of  slaves.  The  officers  turned  their  horses  into  a  house  lot, 
part  of  which  was  a  peach  orchard.  Mrs.  Ketcham  had  Just  iin- 
ished  baking  in  her  oven  fifteen  leaves  of  bread.  She  requested 
an  officer  to  turn  the  horses  into  another  lot,  as  they  might  destroy 
the  peach-trees,  which  request  was  politely  granted,  but  the  officer, 
seeing  the  bread,  without  comment  or  apology  seized  and  carried 
off  every  loaf,  leaving  the  old  lady  as  mad  as  a  hornet.  Later  in 
the  day  slie  missed  her  cooking  pot,  a  very  necessary  article  in 
those  days,  and  suspecting  the  British  had  took  it,  put  on  her  bon- 
net, and  waiideriug  about  the  encampment,  at  last  discovered  it 
over  a  fire  made  of  some  of  her  fence-rails,  containing  some  savory 


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mess  in  process  of  cooking.  Watching,  when  no  soldier  was  near, 
she  turned  it  upside  down,  '  dumped  '  the  contents  into  the  fire., 
retreated  in  good  order,  havihg  recovered  her  property.  This  was 
the  first  raid  of  the  British  on  women  and  children  in  Huntington, 
and  victory  perched  upon  the  banner  of  the  brave  old  lady. 

"From  this  timi;  until  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  con- 
sider the  condition  of  the  people  oi  Huntington.  They  were 
reduced  to  poverty  and  want.  A  powerfyil  British  force  was 
quartered  in  their  midst,  living  upon  them  by  forced  levies;  the 
British  vessels  and  transports  were  in  the  bays  and  harbors, 
shutting  off  every  escape  to  the  Connecticut  shore;  the  fathers  and 
brothers  of  many  families  had  fled,  and  a  numDer  had  joined  the 
patriot  army,  leaving  old  men,  women,  and  children  to  live  as  best 
they  could;  their  crops,  farms,  fences,  and  buildings  .seized,  burned, 
and  destroyed  at  the  whim  of  petty  British  officers,  who  lorded  it 
over  the  conquered  people  and  ate  up  t.^eir  substance  like  an  army 
of  locusts.  They  were  the  "hewers  of  wood  and  dra^^ers  of 
water"  ior  the  King's  military  service.  Capt.-Gen.  Jemes  Robin- 
son, a  British  officer,  issued  an  order  to  the  inhabitants  of  Hunt- 
ington, Islip,  Smithtown,  and  Brookhaven  to  cut  and  cart  3,000 
cords  of  wood  to  the  nearest  landings  before  the  15th  of  August, 
1780. 

"In  1781  the  people  of  Huntington  were  forced  to  raise  £176  by 
tax,  for  digging  a  well  in  the  fort  on  Lloyd's  Neck. 

"Robert  Jarvi  ,  grandfather  of  Capt.  Philetus  C.  Jarvis,  who 
lived  at  the  east  eid  of  the  village,  and  afterwards  at  Sweet  Hol- 
low, was  gashed  and  cut  in  his  head  to  force  him  to  tell  where  his 
money  was.  He  did  not  tell,  but  he  carried  the  marks  of  his 
injuries  to  the  grave. 

"A  party  of  armed  men,  with  bayonets,  robbed  Gilbert  and  Simon 
Fleet,  Moses  Jarvis,  merchant,  of  Huntington,  and  numerous 
others,  of  all  the  money  and  plate  they  could  find,  and  nearly 
strangled  one  of  them  to  death  by  hanging  him  to  a  beam  in  his 
kitchen. 

"The  Britisli  officers  took  the  farmers'  horses,  cattle,  poultry,  and 
occupied  their  houses,  t  irning  their  families  adrift.  It  is  stated 
that  British  loyalist  soldiers  stole  the  bedding  and  clothing  of 
their  ancestors,  even  to  the  blankets  of  infants  in  their  cradles. 

"The  crowning  outrage  committed  by  the  British  in  Huntington 
was  the  desecration  of  the  cemetery.  The  graves  were  levelled, 
and  a  fort  erected  in  the  centre  of  the  grounds,  under  orders  of 
Col.  Thompson,  called  "Fort  (Jolgotha."     Over  one  hundred  tomb- 


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stones  were  destroyed.  Barracks  for  the  troops  were  built  over 
the  bones  of  Huntington's  early  inhabitants.  Tombstones  were 
used  for  tables,  aiid  for  building  fireplaces  and  ovens.  Loaves  of 
bread  were  drav/n  from  the  ovens  with  the  reversed  inscriptions 
of  the  tombstones  imprinted  on  the  lower  crust. 

"  Before  closing,  I  want  to  vindicate  the  Town  of  Huntington 
from  the  charge  I  have  heard  made  by  those  who  have  never 
investigated  the  matter,  that  the  people  were  not  in  sympathy  with 
the  patriot  cause.  It  is  true  that  there  were  some  tories  in  Hunt- 
ington, as  there  were  in  almost  every  town  in  the  land,  but  their 
numbers  were  few. 

"The  town  at  the  early  jtages  of  tlie  Revolution  put  itselt  on 
record  by  its  firm  and  patriotic  resolutions.  It  is  true  that  a  forh: 
of  recantation  was  drawn  up  and  sent  to  each  town  in  the  county 
to  be  signed.  It  was  genercUy  but  not  voluntarily  signed,  and 
only  under  compulsion.  As  far  as  this  town  is  concern"d,  but  one 
man  signed  it.  A  large  majority  of  the  membeis  of  our  town 
committee  fled  to  Connecticut,  joined  the  rebels  there,  and  never 
signed  any  revocation  or  disapproved  of  their  proceedings. 

"Sir  Guy  Carleton  in  1783  instituted  a  Board  of  ComUiissionero 
for  the  object  of  adjusting  such  demands  and  claims  against  the 
British  army  as  had  not  been  paid. 

"  Over  three  hundred  accounts  were  rendered  of  losses,  consist- 
ing of  horses,  cattle,  and  stock,  seized  and  stolen;  houses,  barns, 
fences,  and  wood  burned  and  destroyed;  furniture,  clothing, 
blankets,  silver  and  other  ware,  stolen ;  teams  of  horses  and  oxen 
impressed  into  service,  and  other  similar  charges.  The  amount 
of  property  stolen  and  destroyed  in  the  town  during  the  war  must 
have  been  about  §150,000. 

"The  bills  were  sworn  to  before  a  magistrate,  but  the  commis- 
sioners sailed  for  England  without  giving  them  any  attention,  and 
the  people  of  Huntington  never  obtained  any  compensation  for 
their  losses. 

"To  sum  up  the  losses  by  the  war,  it  was  pretty  evidently  a  losing 
game  for  George  III,  as  he  not  only  lost  the  brightest  jewel  in  his 
crown  when  he  lost  the  thirteen  Colonie,  but  he  had  lost  an  army 
of  soldiers,  and  luitold  wealth.  His  bar^s'S'in  with  the  Landgrave 
of  Hesse  is  certainly  worthy  of  record.  The  Landgrave  let  his 
troops  on  hire  during  our  Revolutionary  War  for  ,'ti2,355,000, 
which  was  at  the  rate  of  $150  a  head  for  each  Hessian  killed. 
This  must  have  been  a  killing  bargain  for  both,  as  it  worked  no 
good  for  either."  , 


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281 


o. 

TjIsts    ok    IjOYALISTS. 

I77H.  A  list  ol'  t;{()  luuiK^s  ol'  moil  in  the  township  of  Uuntinjj;- 
ton  wlio  took  th(?  oath  of  loyalty  and  peaceable!  behaviour  to  the 
British  Government  before  (Jovornor  Tryon  in  1778.  Anioiig 
them  are  found — Austin  .larvis,  lehabod  Jarvis,  Henry  Jarvis, 
Philip  Jarvis,  John  Jarvis,  Eliplmlet  Jarvis,  Daniel  Jarvis,  Abra- 
ham Jarvis,  Ro})ert  Jarvis,  Nathaniel  .Jarvis,  Jonathan  Jarvis, 
Jos(!pli  Jarvis. 

Certified  by  Wm.  Tryon,  M.  CI.  and  (Jov. 
Province  of  New  York. 

To  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  County  (\)urt  Clerk  for 

Suffolk  County, 

Wni.  Tryon,  (Jov. 

To  Messrs  Ireland  and  ^'oung•s, 

Huntington  township. 
1778.  Tn  an  additional  list  who  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  and 
peaceable  behaviour  before  John  Hewh^tt  Kscp-  Justice  of  tlu^ 
Peace,  as  certilieil  by  him  to  his  K.xcellency  Gov.  Tryon,  a  list  of 
!  19  names.  Among  which  are  found  Philip  Jarvis  aged  57, 
B\'irmer,  Huntington.  Samuel  Jarvis  aged  51,  Cordwainer,  Hunt- 
ington.    Moses  Jarvis,  aged  28,  Cordwainer,  Huntington. 

I  hereby  certify  the  I  H)  persons  named  in  the  foregoing  list  took 
the  oath  of  allegiance  and  peaceable  behaviour  to  the  British  Gov- 
or-..iient  before  me  Justice,  John  Hewlett  as  certified  l)y  him  to  me, 

Wm.  Tryon,  Governor  &c. 
This  additional  list  of  names  in   Huntington  Townshi]»  to  bt; 
recorded  in  the  office  of  the  County  CJourt. 

;;!erk  for  Suffolk  County— 1778. 


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live 
liis 

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■d. 
no 


CoNt'lSt'ATION     1)KI-:I»    ok    PkoI'EUTV   ok    i>KN.(AMlN   JaKVIS,    NoK- 

WALK,  Or-v.  ;>,  1781}. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  whereas  the  Estate  both 
real  and  [xM'sonal  of  H(>njamin  Jarvis  fornu'rly  of  Norwalk,  in  the 
County  of  Fairfield  ana  State  ol  Connecticut,  who  has  gone  over 
to,  and  joined  himself  with  thci  enemies  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  luitli  by  law  been  adjudged  and  declared  forfeit  to  this 
3G 


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APPENDIX    P. 


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State  1111(1  Ix'cii  procccdcil  with  iU'Cdnliii^'  to  tlic  laws  ot  tlii.s  Stutc 
in  such  (^ascs  niado  and  provided  and  whereas  the  Debts  and 
Charges  allowed  against  the  Kstate  of  the  said  Henjaniin  Jarvis 
surmount  the  Movabhi  Kstato  the  sum  of  .K15  10  0  lawful  money, 
the  Court  of  Pi'obate  for  th(*  district  of  I'^airfield,  authorized 
directed  and  impowered  Sanuiel  Cruman  of  said  Norwalk  7\(lm'' 
of  said  Estate  to  sell  and  dispose  of  so  much  of  the  r(>al  estate  as 
shall  be  sufficient  to  pay  and  disc^luirge  the  said  sum  of  £7')  10  0 
and  the  incident  (charges  arising  on  said  sale.  Now  know  ye  that 
1  th»^  said  Samuel  fJniman  Adm""  as  aforesaid  by  force  and  virtue 
of  th(*  power  and  authority  given  by  said  ('ourt  of  Probate,  and 
for  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  eighteen  pounds  lawful 
money  received  of  Nathanic;!  Benedict  .lun'  of  Norwalk  aforesaid 
for  the  purpose  of  paying  said  Debts  &c.  Do  give,  grant,  bargain, 
sell  and  confiini  unto  him  the  said  Nathaniel  BejuMlir-t  .Fmi'  his 
heirs  and  nssigns  forever,  the  one  half  part  of  a  certam  piece  of 
land  lying  in  said  Norwalk,  situate  on  th(!  West  side  of  the  river, 
it  being  his  former  homestead  land,  the  whole  containing  al)Out  two 
acres  and  bound  East  by  the  County  road,  North  and  West  by 
highway.  South  by  the  said  Nathaniel  Henedits  home  lot  and  Jolni 
S(>ymore's  land,  together  with  the  appurtenances  thereof.  To  have 
and  to  hold  the  nbove  gniiited  an<l  bargained  premises  with  the 
appurtenances  thereof  unto  him  the  said  Nathaniel  Hcne(lict  Juii' 
his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  to  his  and  their  own  propei-  use  and 
behoof  without  any  reserve  oi'  condition  and  as  amply  and  fully 
as  the  Gov""  and  Comj)atiy  of  said  State  held  the  sanu\  In  witness 
wh(Meof  I  have  henMinto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  ;?Otli  day  of 
October  Anno  Domini  1  7S;]. 

Samuel  (Jruniaii        ^^'^ — 


Signed,  Sealed  and  Delivered 
In  presence  of 
Fsrael  Judson 
Sarah  (irunian 


Seal. 


<  )n  the  above  date  person- 


al ly  appeared  Samuel  Cruman,  the 
sigiHM'  and  sealer  of  the  foregoing 
Instrument  and  acknowledged  the 
same  to  be  iiis  free  act  and  deed. 
Before  me, 

Elii)halet  Lockwood, 

Justice  of  the  I'eace. 
A  true  copy  of  the  original  deed  rec"'  to  Record  Dec.  4,  1783. 

•     per  me  Sam'  (auman  Reg''. 


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283 


Q. 

Petition  of  tiik  Inhabitants  of  Huntinoton,   \i.  I.,    17s;{. 

'J'o  liis  p]xcelleiicy  Robert  Digby,  Hoar  Admiral  of  tlio  Red  and 
Conimandor  in  Chief  &,c  &c. 
The  Memorial  of  tlui  iidiabitaiits  of  Iluntiiigton  on  Long  Island, 
llnml)ly  slioweth,  That  your  Mc'moralists  an?  still  losers,  in  sup- 
plying his  Majesty's  armed  vessels  in  this  Bay,  with  fresh  Beef, 
and  that  your  Kxcelhuiey  may  remeniluir  a  former  memorial  that 
we  were  th(5  greatest  losers  at  tliis  season  last  year,  and  we  woidd 
observe!  to  your  Excellency  that  we  have  always  supplied  the 
shipping  with  fn^sli  lieef  at  your  own  price  witliout  a  contract. 
Also  that  th(U'e  is  not  a  sufliciency  conuiS  from  the  other  shore;  to 
supply  the  Tnjops  in  Town,  and  that  Beef  is  \  and  J  per  lb. 
Therefore  TJeg  your  Excellency  woidd  take  the  matter  into  con- 
sideration, and  tliat  he  would  \h'.  pleased  to  (!ontract  or  allow  us 
a  price,  accordingly.  And  as  in  Uuty  bound  will  ever  Pray. 
Signed  ~l)y  the  I'n^sident,  Thomas  J ax' vis. 

Huntington  March  Hi,  178:{. 

Sent  by  Natlianitil  Williams 
To  His  Excellency 

Robert  Digby  Esqr., 
Rear  Admii'al  of  the  Red, 

And  Commander  in  Chiijf  &c  &c  kc. 


R. 


■pon- 
tile 

.i:ig 
he 

"Cd. 


183. 


Pktition  to  (iov.  (jIeo.  Clinton,  1783. 

To  His  Excdleiicfi  * 

Gj:o.  Clinton,  Ksyu.,  (Iui\,  (fv.,  of 

the  State  nf  New  York. 
We,  the  Subscribers,  being  desired  by  as  large  a  number  of  the 
princi[tal  inhabitants,  as  the  time  will  admit  of.  of  Huntington, 
Sniithtowii,  and  Brookhaveii,  to  congratulate  your  Excelleiuiy  on 
a  return  of  peace  and  the  Independence  of  the  United  State.^  of 
America,  and  to  express  tlu;  dangerous  situation  this  ('ountry  is  in 
for  want  of   regulation  and  Law,  as  we  have  been,  and   still  are, 


Hi 


2S4 


API'KNDIX    8. 


;i1i 


' 


till*  moat  exposed   to    Dej^i't'datiou  iuid   plunder  ot  luiy  ( bounty  in 

the  State  under  your   KxcelliMu^v  s  ( iov(!rnnient,  l)y  reason  of  our 

insidar  situation,  and  Inive  now  two   Robbers  in  irons,  which  w(^ 

know  not   wliat  to  do  with;  to  prevent  wiiicii    we  would    Inunhly 

\h'^   your    Kx(!ell(!ncy's    interposition.       And    that    we    niij^ht    he 

indulged,  it'  it  cnn  \m  conveniently  done,  in  the  inestinuibhi  privi- 

h%(i  ol'  a  vote  in  th(*  approaching'  election. 

We  would  likewise  b(^g  your   Kxcellencry's  atiiMition  to  a  safe 

restoration  ui)oii  a  surrendering  of  the   Archives  and    Records  of 

the  County.     We  could   heartily  wish   for,  and  do  not  in  the  hnist 

doubt  of  the  cheerful  concurrence  of  every  Town  in  the  County, 

would  time  axhnit  of  taking  tlie  sense  and  wishes  of  this  extinisive 

County.     We  with  pleasure*  subscribe  your  Excellency's  Devoted 

Friends, 

.lOlTX  WICKS. 

THOMAS  JAPtN'lS, 
\  NATHAN  I  Eli  VVOODlITILh, 
I  AUSTi::  ROE, 

PIIILETUS  SMITH, 

CALER  SMITH. 


I"  or  Huntington, 
For  Rrookhaven, 
For  Sniitlitown, 


s. 

Lettek  FROM  Rev.  Ahuamam  .Iai{V!s  to  Rev.  Sam'l  rKTF^us. 

MiDui-KTowN,  April  Ith,  17'.)(!. 
Rev.  &  dear  Sir — 

Your  last  favor  of  Oct.  1st,  179.'),  1  have  had  by  me  for  a  con- 
siderable time.  T  could  without  loss  of  timi*  have  given  you  my 
sentiments  of  the  Canon  referred  to  in  your  hotter,  as  it  may 
respect  ycm.  I  thought  it  might  I'ondcr  what  I  should  .say  the 
more  satisfactory,  if  1  took  the  opinion  of  others.  1  accordingly 
wrote  to  Bishop  Seabury,  and  wished  his  sentiments,  that  my 
answer  to  you  might  contain  his,  and  what  you  might  understand 
to  be  the  general  sentiment  of  the  Clergy  in  Connecticut.  Rut 
alas!  on  the  sanu*  wecsk  I  wrote,  he  ended  all  his  mortal  cares  and 
2)ainful  labors.  On  Thursday  evening,  Febiniary  'i5th,  he  suddenly 
expired  ;  to  all  apptjirancH!  perfectly  well,  he  walked  with  his 
daughter  Ivlaria  to  Mr.  Saltoiistall's;  when  there,  complained  of  an 
extreme  pain  in  his  stomach  &  bi-east,  and  expired  forty  minutes 


rJ 


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AI'I'KNDIX    S. 


•2h:> 


after. he  entered  tlio  house.  IJy  his  th-atli,  we  liave  sulTered  ii  Idss 
to  the  Churcli,  perhaps  irreparabh).  He  was  justly  coiisichM'ed  as 
a  iiuui  of  siiififuiar  al)ilities,  universally  admired  in  the  pulpil,  his 
method  of  il(*liv(!rv  ever  ^ravt^  and  eommaiidin<;,  his  discourses,  hy 
the  best  judfi;es,  were  estecMued  unconuiionly  solid,  (dear  &  int(M'- 
esting.  As  a  l»ishop,  lu^  eoutluctt'd  with  m;reat  prudence,  liUed  his 
office  with  dif.';tiity,  and  lived  in  perfect  harmony  wi*,h  the  Clergy. 
Such  t|ualities  &,  beluiviour  failed  not  closely  to  attach  the  Clergy 
to  him,  and  to  secure  the  reverence  anil  alfectiiJii  of  tlu^  Churirh  at 
large,  Ihroiighout  the  dioces(\  What  (HTect  his  ih'ath  will  have 
ii|)oii  tile  (;huri;h,  what  will  l)e  done,  time  must  rc^veal.  Bishop 
Seabury  was  a  man  who  thought  and  spok(!!  for  himself.  What 
he  spoke,  he  thought.  N'ou  may  l)e  sure  when  Ik^  said  lie  knew 
of  MO  obstn.cl(!  to  your  being  coiisecrated  in  America,  he  fully 
lK!li(!ved  then;  was  none.  My  being  personally  known,  I  couc(Mve 
the  Canon  means  such  full  information  of  the  chai-acter  and  repu. 
tution  of  the  person  as  to  enable  those  who  subscrilie  to  the  testi- 
monial to  (h)  it  with  integrity  and  conticlence  that  he  is  qualitied 
and  lit  for  the  office!  for  which  he  is  recommended,  liesidence  is 
not  mentioned,  tliorefore  not  required  as  a  condition.  Your  con- 
tinued communication  and  corresjiondence  with  your  friend  and 
Brethren  in  these  parts  will  not  admit  the  words  ''for  three  years 
last  past"  to  be  made  use  of  against  you.  To  a  number  of  tliA 
Clergy  and  mon^  of  the  Laity,  still  living,  you  are  personally  known 
in  the  most  comprehensive  sense*  the  word  is  oi'iginally  used.  As 
a  native  and  a  citizen,  you  hold  property  in  tlie  State,  and  may, 
whenever  you  |)l(!ase,  return  and  occupy  it.  You  cannot  tluMvlore 
be  considereul  as  a  foreigner.  Mr.  Jay  must  have  formed  ids 
opinion  of  the  Canon  and  general  convention  from  some  Reporttn*, 
not  from  his  own  reading.  Tiuiii  1  think  any  one  may  see,  who 
will  r(,!ad  what  1  thought  is  absurdly  called  the  Constitution  of  the 
I'l'ot.estaiit  Episco])al  Churedi.  In  that  Instrument  the  Church  is 
considennl  by  .states.  No  State  can  be  represented,  nor  liave  any 
voice  in  the  (Jeneral  Convention,  without  having  acceded  to  and 
subscribed  that  Instrument.  Actual  subscription,  then,  limits  the 
Convention,  and  detertiiines  how  far  it  is  general;  it  also  deter- 
mines what  churches  are  bound  by  the  Cano'i.  1  know  not  that 
the  Bishops  are  laid  under  any  disti'aint  in  respect  to  their  Conse- 
crating a  Bishop  for  a  State  not  in  the  Union.  Tlu!y  being  at 
liberty  to  act  discretionary  in  that  case,  all  that  they  couUl  be 
obliged  to,  or  could  properly  require  would  l)e  that  the  testimonials 


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r  ill 


shoultl  ho  iu  iminncr  ami  ft»riii  jih  prcHcribod  by  tho  ('anon.  VVIiut. 
you  relate  of  Hishop  Provost  and  Dr.  Hcac^li,  I  hoard  sonictliinf^  of 
last  June,  at  New  York,  Irniii  hr.  licaniin^'.  I  nuMitioiiod  it  to 
Dr.  Beach;  h<!  said  hi!  know  ol"  no  such  Canon  (none,  I  Hiipptwo, 
that  would  admit  of  sucli  a  sons(\  or  ov(Ui  ho  wordod);  ho  tlicn 
aHsun'(i  nic  tiiat  ho  liad  novcr  wiitton  a8yUal)lo  to  tlio  Arch-hiHhop 
of  Catitorhury  upon  any  hucIi  businoas  and  did  not  beliovo  Hishop 
Provost  had;  and  further,  tliat  lic^  hnd  never  convcsrsod  wilh  the 
Bishop  about  you.  I  only  replied  thai  something'  of  Ihut  t(>noi' 
must  have  appeared  tluMi  from  somebody,  or  you  would  not  have 
written  in  that  numner,  mid  e.\pres.sed  my  surpri.se.  At  that  time 
i  inquired  of  your  son  Hirdsciye,  wlio  told  nu-  he  did  not  think  a 
letter  would  tin<l  you  in  London,  as  he  suppo.sod,  if  you  won*  not 
on  your  passaj^o  (o  America  then,  that  y<Mi  soon  would  Ik*.  What 
you  speak  of  as  havin^j;  passed  at  Ijandieth,  1  am  to  sup[)oso  was 
not  lunirsay.  Hut  I  oliscu-ve  you  name  Dr.  Jewel*  for  your  author- 
ity as  to  nuuiy  thinf;vs  you  say  of  Dr.  iJc^acli.  'I'hat  fj;entleman  left 
America  with  a  mind  very  unfriendly  to  Dr.  Beach.  I  low  far 
j»or8onal  resiMitment  may  have  carried  him.  and  what  allowances 
are  to  l)o  made  in  respi'ct  of  what  is  said  und(U'  the;  circumstances, 
f  leave  with  you  to  jud^'o.  I  \iikv  leave  to  observe  that  in  th(>  lat- 
ter part  of  youi'  letter  tlmro  an;  some  expressions  foi'  \\\t\  nuuining 
iff  which,  con.sidered  as  y<jurs,  I  am  at  a  loss — say  "  Epi.scopac}-  in 
Now  Kngland,  against  the  hieran-hy  in  tho  South."  By  tho  former, 
do  you  m(?an  the  nonsense  of  Presbyterian  Kpiscopacy  in  opposi- 
tion to  the  true  Episc(»pal  hierarchy?  if  not,  why  thti  distinction 
between  Epis(V)pa(!y  and  hierarchy?  I)o  you  not  know  that  the 
(Jonvontion  at  i'hiladolphia,  iu  1789,  deidared  uneiiuivocally  their 
l)oliof  in  the  validity  of  the  Connoctitnit  Episcopacy,  and  formed 
the  union  of  Eastern  antl  Southern  Ohurclies  upon  one  Episco[)ato  ? 
Episcopacy  is  an  hi-'rarchy.  Vou  mention  Dr.  Styles;  has  he. 
sincf  he  madc^  his  (!xit  from  Ikmico,  made  you  a  visit,  and  convei-t.od 
you  to  the  faith  of  Episcopa  y  without  a  hierarchy?  Even  Styles, 
if  he  is  sulfered  to  converse  with  tlu;  renowned  lathers  of  the 
Church,  I  trust  even  then,  knows  better.  As  little  to  my  under- 
standing do  you  speak  in  saying,  when  you  ad(jpt  a  hierarchy — 
farewell  Episcopacy,  and  woIcouk;  to  ituinarchy  and  popery,  twin 
sisters,  &c.  What  could  Dr.  Styh^s  have  said  more  !  Whither  are 
you  got  ?  into  what  are  you  transformed  ?  a  sour  re])ublican  and 
Presbyterian  ?     Monarchy  and  Popery  are  not  twin  sisters,  nor  yet 

*Or  Sinitii. 


MM'KNniX    T. 


287 


twill 


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llicr. 


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and 

I-  yet 


Let  l'o|M'rv  Im'  11  liiiiitliiifz;  of  I'aiidoni'H  liox.  Ynt  I  cannot  think 
tho  King  of  Sal»Mii  iiiid  I'riost  of  tlic  most  liij^li  (^lod  «w»'r  run  in 
swell  ii  l)o.\.  while  I  rcnioinbci' so  anci(Mit  a  inonunumt  of  monarchy 
and  pri(!S^hood,  and  consider  thiit  his  Antitype,  tlie  Captain  of  our 
Salvation,  is  also  a  Monarch  and  Ili^h  Priest,  and  that  h(^  acknowl- 
e<lfred  the  authority  of  both  I'ilate  and  Cesar  to  1k>  from  Heaven. 
I  cannot  feel  myself  disposed  to  think  so  hatefully  or  apeak  so 
reproaclifully  of  eidier  ol  these  diji;nilaries,  lest  I  should  rail 
against  Cod.  If  you  court  no  a<'(|U!iiiilatice  with  an  hierarchy, 
why  have  you  ever  thought  of  being  a  Mishop  ?  There  are  thos(5 
among  us  who  think  you  liav(^  not  had  llie  geiu'rous  treatment 
they  wish  you  to  luive  met  with,— but  you  will  allow  me  to  say  I 
am  sorry  to  (iiid  that  disappointiiieiit,  and  your  ideas  of  iiialtreat- 
lueiit,  should  cloud  your  iiiiinl  with  so  dark  and  violent  a  resent- 
ment as  to  causes  a  language  to  fall  from  your  pen  whicli  may  bo 
grateful  to  tlie  dissenters  and  iiilidels,  but  to  the  real  friends  of 
Kpiscopacy  and  the  Ciiurch,  can  give  no  pleasure.  I  thank 
r)r.  Mosely  for  liis  friendly  remembrance*  of  me.  and   beg  you  to 


Mr.  J 


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give  him  my  coiiipliiiieiits  ami  liearly  good  wishes 
r(!(|uests  your  ac<-e|)laii<'e  of  his  most  friendly  compliiiKnit*?  and 
wislies  to  see  you  once  more  at  our  own,  littl<*  parsonage  in  Mid- 
dletowu.  Whether  we  shall  enjoy  that  pleasure,  diod  knoweth. 
However  you  may  determine,  and  (!od  may  order,  the  same 
friendly  .sentiments  and  benevolent  wishes  1  have  ever  entertained 
towards  you  shall  al)ide  with  'ue.  In  confidence  that  you  will  not 
doubt  this,  1  trust-  you  will  continue  to  l»eli(*ve  me,  though  unavail- 
ing, your  real  friend  and  lirother, 


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"The  Loyalists  of  the  Revolution  were  of  two  kinds,  active  and 
l^assive,  and  these  were  again  divided  into  two  classes  each,  the 
mercenary  and  the  honest.  We  have  elsewhere  ob.served  that 
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influential  men  who  were  fully  alive  to  the  importance  of  demand- 
ing from  Great  Britain  a  redress  of  existing  and  increasing  griev- 


RKCEPTION   OF    THE   AMEUICAN    LOYALISTS    IN    ENGLAND. 

[From  Lossiiig's  "Field-Book  of  the  Revohitioii."*| 


*  This  is  from  an  nllegorical  picture  hy  Benjamin  West.  Religion  and 
Justice  are  seen  extending  the  mantle  of  Britauni.i.  while  she  herscdf  is 
holding  out  her  arm  and  shield  to  receive  the  Loyalists.  Under  the  shield 
Is  the  crown  of  Great  Britain,  siuToinidi'd  by  Loyalists.  The  group  has 
representatives  of  the  Law,  the  Church,  and  Government,  with  other  peo- 
ple. An  In<lian  ("Mef  extends  ime  hand  tow  mis  Britannia,  and  with  tlie 
other  points  lo  widows  and  orphans,  rendered  so  hy  the  war.  In  a  eloutl 
near  lleligion  and  Justice,  are  seen  the  Genii  of  Great  Britain  and  America, 
in  an  opening  glory,  l)inding  up  the  broken. />?.•*('<','«  of  the  two  countries,  as 
emblematic  of  the  treaty  of  peace.  At  the  head  of  the  Loyalists,  with  a 
large  wig,  is  seen  Sir  William  Pepperrell,  one  of  their  most  ctHcient 
friends  iii  JCngland,  and  iinnu'diately  behind  him,  with  a  scroll  in  his 
hand,  is  (Jovcrnor  ^Vllliam  Franklin  of  New  Jersey,  son  oi  Dr.  Franklin, 
who  remained  loyal  unti'  the  last.  The  two  ligures  on  tiu;  right  are  Mr. 
West  and  his  wife,  both  natives  of  Pennsylvania. 


APPENDIX    IT. 


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rt<i'lf  is 

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icr  peo- 
vith  the; 
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iiu'rica. 
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an;  Mr. 


ances,  were  not  prepared  to  renounce  all  allegiance,  and  they 
adhered  to  the  interests  of  the  crown.  These  formed  a  lai'ge  class 
in  every  rank  in  society,  and,  being  actuated  by  conscientious 
motives,  command  our  thoi'ough  respect.  Many  of  these  took  up 
arms  for  the  King,  remained  loyal  throughout  the  contest,  and 
suffered  severely  in  exile  when  the  contest  was  ended.  Others, 
for  purposes  of  gain,  and  some  to  indulge  in  plunder  and  rapine 
under  legal  sanction,  were  active  against  the  patriots,  and  theii* 
crimes  were  charged  upon  the  whole  body  of  the  Loyalists.  The 
fiercest  animosities  were  engendered,  and  common  justice  was 
dethroned.  The  Whigs,  who  suffered  dreadfully  at  the  hands  of 
the  marauding  Tories,  hated  the  very  name  of  Tioyalist,  and, 
through  the  instrumentality  of  confiscation  acts  and  other  meas- 
ures, the  innocent  were  often  punished  for  the  crimes  of  the 
guilty.  Hut  when  peace  came,  and  animosities  subsided,  justice 
boi-e  sway,  and  much  property  was  restored." 


u. 

Nelson  .Tarvis  Waterbury. 

By  Hon.  John  L.  O' Sullivan,  Late   Minister  of  the  United  States  to 

Portugal. 

The  writer  of  the  present  sketch  has  accepted  with  cordial 
pleasure  the  invitation  to  prepare  it,  addressed  to  him  by  the 
compiler  of  this  volume.  No  member  of  the  widely  extended 
and  honorable  family  to  which,  on  the  mother's  side,  Mr.  Water- 
bury  belongs,  can  fill  a  fairer  page  in  the  record  of  its  annals.  1 
have  known  him  intimately  from  his  early  youth  upward,  alike  in 
his  private,  political,  and  professional  life,  and,  though  not  always 
concurring  witli  him  in  his  political  action,  know  him  to  be  one 
of  the  most  pure  and  conscientious,  of  the.  most  generous  and  high- 
minded,  of  the  most  patriotic  and  devoted,  as  well  as  one  of  thc^ 
ablest,  of  the  limited  number  of  men  who  constitute  now  the 
front  rank  of  the  legal  profession  of  New  York.  If  friendship 
should  seem  to  warm  any  of  the  colors  of  this  slight  porti*ait 
sketch,  its  lines  are  traced  with  the  pen  of  truth  and  justice  alone. 
Distrustful  of  my  competence  to  judge  him  properly  in  the  special 
aspect  in  which  "he  is  to  be  viewed,  as  a  lawyer,  from  having  been 
absent  from  the  country  during  the  greater  part  of  that  period 
37 


290 


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which  has  witnessed  liis  rise  to  his  present  distinction  at  the  Bar, 
I  have  addressed  myself  to  several  of  its  most  eminent  members 
who  have  had  the  best  opportunity  of  observing  him,  both  from 
the  bench  and  on  the  level  ground  of  association  in  practice, 
whether  on  the  same  or  on  opposite  sides  of  the  intellectual  con- 
tests of  that  noble  profession,  for  thek  experience  and  judgment 
of  Mr.  Waterbury;  and  it  is  their  portraiture  of  him  which  in 
these  lines  T  only  reflect  and  report.  And  I  confess  to  have  been 
strongly  impressed,  most  agreeablv,  at  the  warmth  and  force  of 
language  witli  which,  with  substantial  unanimity,  so  many  men  by 
whom  to  be  praised  is  praise  indeed,  exprcissed  themselves  in 
regard  to  Mr.  Waterbury  as  a  lawyer. 

"Mr.  Waterbury  is  one  of  the  ablest  men  at  the  Bar,"  was  the 
language  of  one,  himself  second  to  none;  "and  there  is  probably 
not  one  in  ten  who  wins  as  large  a  proportion  of  the  cases  he 
undertakes.  If  he  had  devoted  himself  solely  to  the  profession 
and  left  politics  alone,  which  only  cost  him  money  instead  of 
gaining  it,  and  if  he  had  been  somewhat  less  generous,  he  would 
by  this  time  have  made  a  large  fortune  " 

"Mr.  Waterbury  is  a  great  man,"  said  another;  "though  it  is 
not  everybody  who  knows  it."  "And  among  those  wlio  do  not 
know  it,"  r  replied,  "is  himself."  He  continued,  "Waterbury 
has  remarkable  promptness,  activity,  imagination,  resource,  and 
boldness.  He  has  unflinching  nerve  and  is  fearless  as  a  lion.  For 
the  j)]anning  and  direction  of  a  campaign  he  has  no  superior. 
And  while  lie  takes  tlie  broadest  views,  he  neglects  no  detail.  He 
has  often  been  the  inspiring  soul  of  movements  of  which  others 
have  had  the  chief  credit." 

"The  important  legal  office  of  District  Attorney  of  New  York," 
said  another,  "  has  never  been  filled  more  ably,  uprightly,  houtir- 
ably,  and  satisfactorily  than  it  was  by  Mr.  Wfiterbury.  Nor  is 
there  any  position  to  which  he  is  not  equal." 

There  was  a  genern-  concurrence  in  recognizing  that  among  the 
elements  of  his  success  there  shone  conspicuously  his  perfect  fair- 
ness, his  evident  conscientiousness.  Judges  and  juries  alike  felt 
this.  Before  he  pleaded  his  case,  it  had  undergone  trial  in  the 
forum  of  his  own  conscience.  He  pi'obably  would  not  sur^ceed 
well  in  a  case  of  whose  honest  merits  he  should  himself  have  mis- 
givings, though  1  doubt  whether  Mr.  Waterbury  3ould  ever  be 
found  the  advocate  of  any  such  cause. . 

Thoroughly  satisfied  of  its  justice,  of  its  rightfulness,  he  becomes 


APPENDIX    IT. 


291 


'or 
I  or. 
lie 

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;iir- 
folt 
tlie 
ceed 
mis- 
be 


then  filled  with  a  devoted  zeal  for  its  success.  His  special  faculty 
and  power  of  organization  enable  him  to  coordinate  all  the  ele- 
ments and  means  of  success  in  the  most  logical  sequence  and 
method.  In  such  preparation  he  spares  no  labor.  He  has  an 
int(?nse  love  of  justice.  As  a  public  prosecutor,  recognizing  its 
enforcement  to  be  indispensable  to  the  peace  and  order  of  such  a 
comnmnity  as  that  of  New  York,  he  was  inflexible  and  indefati- 
gable in  the  discharge  of  what  he  felt  to  be  a  high  moral  duty, 
from  which  not  all  his  real  tenderness  of  heart  would  make  him 
swerve,  while  at  the  same  time  he  never  strained  justice  into 
cruelty,  nor  the  power  of  the  law  into  oppression.  Every  syllable 
was  true  in  the  following  solenm  pasfjage  from  a  speech  of  his  on 
a  trial  in  which  he  had  to  prosecute  the  author  of  two  atrocious 
mxirders  mentioned  further  on,  which,  if  they  had  passed  unpun- 
ished, would  have  placed  in  constant  jeopardy  the  life  of  every 
peaceful  citizen  walking  the  brown-stone-fronted  avenues  of  New 
York: 

"  If  I  know  my  own  self,  I  would  do  no  wrong  to  any  njan.  I 
never  kjiew  any  motive  of  benefit,  nor  any  impulse  of  feeling, 
which  could  induce  me  deliberately  to  injure  a  single  being  in  all 
the  world;  and  T  certainly  could  not  wilfully  oppress  a  person 
accused  of  criirie,  in  regard  to  whom  1  am  liound  by  a  solemn 
oath,  the  obligations  of  which  not  only  rocpxire  me  to  conduct  the 
prosecutions  of  the  State,  but  also  to  make  sure  that,  by  my  action, 
no  injustice  is  done  to  any  man.  Standing  in  the  position  in  which 
r  do,  if  by  any  act  of  mine,  any  intentional  act  of  mine,  a  man 
was  convicted  who  was  really  innocent  of  an  offense  which  involved 
his  life,  1  would  be,  gentlemen,  in  the  sight  of  God  and  man  as 
l)lack  and  as  depraved  in  heart  as  he  who  took  the  lives  of  those 
two  men  in  reference  to  whose  death  we  are  now  examining.  I 
trust  that  I  have  not,  in  all  this  prosecution,  exceeded  what  justice 
would  pcM'mit,  and  I  believe  1  have  done  nothing  more  than  duty 
absolutely  required." 

On  one  occasion,  after  Janies  T.  Brady,  the  greatest  advocate  in 
criminal  cases  of  the  New  York  Bar,  had  made  an  addres"  which 
seemed  to  carry  away  all  the  feelings  of  the  jury  on  a  wave  of  sym- 
pathy for  the  family  of  his  cliont,  the  accused  defendant,  and  after 
the  District  Attorney  had  followed  in  reply,  Brady  said  that  Mr. 
Water bury's  speech  was  the  best  he  had  ever  heard  in  court,  and 
that  though  he  had  at  first  thought  he  had  captured  the  hearts  of 
the  jury,  Waterbury  had  taken  them  all  away  from  him  by  his 


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I 


counter  presentation  of  the  wrongs  and  sufferings  of  other  innocent 
families,  caused  by  such  acts  as  his  client  was  Ijeing  tried  for.  I 
mention  this  circumstance  to  illustrate  what  was  the  truth,  that 
the  zeal  for  jmlice,  which  was  the  mainspring  of  Mr.  Waterlniry's 
action,  was  not  a  mere  stern  and  cold  logical  appreciation  of  an 
abstraction,  but  had  its  source  in  a  deep  and  genuine  feeling  of 
synipathy  for  the  human  sufferings  of  those  who  are  the  innocent 
victims  of  crime  and  wrong-doing. 

While  a  very  modest,  not  to  say  diffident  man,  Mr.  Water})ury 
had  a  properly  high  sense  of  the  dignity,  as  well  as  of  the  moral 
duties  of  the  office  of  District  Attorney,  to  which  he  had  been 
elected  by  the  confidence  of  the  people,  ratifying  the  judgment  of 
the  more  intimate  friends  who  had  proposed  him  for  it.  On  one 
occasion  he  had  sent  a  suhpama  to  (yommodore  Vanderbilt,  that  great 
power  in  the  State,  who  recently  died,  leaving  an  estate  of  a  hund- 
red millions  of  dollars,  who  was  then  the  owner  of  the  I'acilic  Mail 
Steamship  line,  requiring  the  attendance  of  a  witness  to  prove  an 
indispensable  point  in  a  case  he  was  prosecuting,  with  a  memoran- 
dum of  the  point  to  be  proved,  for  which  the  testimony  of  one  of 
his  employees  would  suffice.  The  great  money  potentate  took  no 
notice  of  it,  nor  sent  any  witness.  When  the  case  was  called  Mr. 
WatQrbury  quietly  proceeded  with  the  trial,  but  he  took  out  an 
attachment,  and  sent  down  an  officer  to  arrest  the  person  who  had 
dared  to  disobey  a  subpoena.  In  half  an  hour  the  Commodore 
sailed  majestically  into  the  court-room,  attended  by  a  retiiiue  of 
about  a  dozen  lawyers  and  friends.  The  effect  was  highly  sensa 
tional.  The  required  testimony  was  furnished,  and  the  accused 
person  was  convicted.  The  i^omniodore  was  not  a  little  astonished 
to  find  himself  arrested  for  the  first  and  only  time  in  his  life.  But 
he  afterwards  had  no  ill-will  for  it,  while  he  understood  better  than 
before  the  duty  of  every  citizen  to  obey  the  lawful  process  of 
the  courts.  On  another  occasion,  a  bank  functionary  had  to  be 
l)i-osecuted  in  a  case  deemed  very  ii'  nortant,  and  a  committee  of 
l)ank  presidents  had,  by  way  of  securing  the  very  highest  legal 
talent  for  the  prosecution,  requested  Mr.  Waterbury,  who  was  a 
young  man,  to  allow  the  prosecution  to  be  conducted  by  Charles 
O'Conor,  and  other  counsel  employed  by  the  bank.  Mr.  Water- 
bury  said  that  he  made  no  pretensions  to  rank  professionally  with 
Mr.  O'Conor,  and  should  be  glad  and  grateful  for  his  powerful 
aid  in  the  management  of  the  case,  the  argumentation  on  the  admis- 
sion of  evidence,  etc.,  but  that  he  could   not  abdicate  his  duties 


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and  responsibilities;  while  he  thought  also  that  the  piiblic  officer, 
acting  and  speaking  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  public  interests, 
might  have  a  certain  weight  with  the  jury  difTerent  from  that  of 
any  private  counsel,  even  thougli  so  able  and  eminent  as  Mr. 
()'(!onor.  He  accepted  the  cooperation  proposed,  but  said  the  linal 
submission  to  the  jury  by  the  people  would  be  by  himself.  It 
hap[)ene(l  that  at  the  time  of  the  trial  Mr.  Waterbury  was  quite  ill, 
and  did  not  attcmd  any  day  until  an  hour  or  two  after  the  opening 
of  the  court.  He  sat  leaning  against  the  wood-work  of  tli(^  raised 
platform  where  presided  the  court,  a  nw.rc.  listener  to  the  evidence, 
until  the  testimony  was  closed  on  both  sides.  The  court-room  was 
crowded  to  its  utmost  canacity,  with  spectators  attracted  by  the 
forensic  duel  between  two  such  advocates  as  Charles  ( )'Conor  and 
James  T.  Brady.  When  the  latt"r  had  (inished  his  address  for  the 
prisoner,  Mr.  Waterbury,  feeling  strongly  the  pressure  of  duty, 
notwithstanding  his  feeble  physical  condition  at  .such  a  trying  mo- 
ment, but  having  his  own  clear  views  of  the  aspects  in  which  the 
case  should  be  presented  on  behalf  of  the  people,  walked  round  to 
his  accustomed  seat,  took  off  the  wrappings  which  his  illness  had 
caus<!(l  him  to  wear,  and,  without  a  note  of  any  kind  to  refresh  his 
memory,  commenced  his  addi-ess  to  the  jury,  which  lasted  a  couple 
of  liours.  He  then,  with  g*  "eful  recognition  of  his  great  eminence, 
offered  to  yield  to  Mr.  O'Conor,  if  he  had  omitted  or  inadequately 
presented  any  points  which  ought  to  be  further  argued.  Mr. 
(TConor  replied  that  there  was  nothing  more  to  be  said,  nor  could 
the  ai'gument  have  been  better  presented.  He  suggested  oidy  a 
single  minor  point  which  had  been  omitted,  and  which  he  begged 
Mr.  Waterbury  to  state,  as  he  had  set  forth  all  the  rest.  This  was 
done,  and  the  case  was  won,  and  with  it  Mr.  Waterbury  won  also 
the  liighest  respect  and  esteem  of  the  whole  crowded  court-room, 
l>ench,  bar,  and  sp(>ctators. 

In  thus  speaking  of  the  legal  ability  and  high  moral  elevation  o^ 
character  exhibited  by  Mr.  Waterbury  in  his  discharge  of  the  im- 
portant office  of  the  public  prosecutor  of  the  City  of  New  York,  I 
have  been  led  to  anticipate  dates,  since  it  was  not  until  1858  that 
he  was  elected  to  that  position,  as  will  ap{)ear  below  in  the  proper 
chronological  order. 

Mr.  Waterbury 's  capacity  and  character  were  early  appreciated 
by  observant  men.  His  law  studies  had  beim  pursued  in  the  office 
of  Messrs.  Wells  &  Van  Wagenen,  a  firm  now  pass(^d  away  without 
succession,  but  then  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  substantial  men  of 


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the  city.  He  was  aomitted  to  the  Bar  m  attornoy,  bytho  Supreme 
Court,  tlicn  consisting  of  three  judges.  Samuel  Ncslson  beiri'!;  (/liief 
Justice.  Wliile  in  Albany,  where  tlu!  court  sat  in  IH4.^),  to  obtain 
his  license  as  counsellor,  his  name  was  erroneously,  and  witliout  his 
knowledge,  included  for  Justice  of  the  Marine  Court,  in  a  |)ub- 
lished  list  of  candidates  for  the  various  oflices,  a  large  number, 
then  to  be  filled  by  the  Governor,  Sila^  Wright.  On  his  return 
home,  just  admitted  as  (lounsellor,  he  was  constantly  nsked  if  he 
was  going  to  be  appointed.  His  reply  that  lu;  was  not  a  can- 
didate did  not  stop  the  course  of  •events,  for  several  gentlemen  vol- 
untarily wrote  to  the  Governor,  recommending  the  appointment, 
and  Governor  Wright,  having  had  personal  opportunity  of  observ- 
ing the  capacity  and  usefulness  of  this  young  lawyei",  gav(*  to  the 
suggestion  his  cordial  approval. 

Mr.  Waterbury  was  thus  suddenly  elevated  immediately  after 
his  admission  as  counsellor  to  the  Bench  of  a  court  which  had  Ix^en 
graced  by  many  distinguished  lawyers  (among  the  number,  .lohn 
Wells  and  Samuel  Jones),  while  still  so  youthful  as  to  appear  a 
mere  boy.  The  title  of  judge  seemed  oddly  fitted  to  that  long  and 
slender  youth,  with  small,  beardless,  and  colorless  (acv,  blue;  eyes, 
very  light  hair,  and  no  breadth  of  chest  and  shoulders  to  speak  of, 
always  suggestive  of  the  idea  of  feeble  health,  yet  he  made  one  of 
the  best,  most  respected,  and  useful  judges  that  had  ever  presided 
in  that  popular  court,  which  was  one  of  real  importance,  though  of 
minor  jurisdiction. 

The  truth  is,  that  the  judicial  character  of  his  »nind,  his  analyt- 
ical lo!j;iral  power,  his  quickness  of  apprehension,  and  conscientious 
good  judgment,  singularly  qualified  him  for  the  position.  But  he 
did  not  hold  it  more  than  four  years. 

In  1848,  one  of  the  most  remarkable  politictal  contests  ever 
known  in  the  Str-.te  of  New  York  was  fought  to  the  bitter  end. 
Silas  Wright  (who  had  refused  to  accept  the  Presidential  nomina- 
tion tendered  to  him  at  Baltimore  in  1844,  but  who  had  consented 
to  accept  that  of  Governor  in  order  to  strengthen  the  D(*mocratic- 
party  in  the  Polk  and  Clay  campaign  of  that  year)  had  been  defeated 
for  re-election  in  1846,  through  the  hostility  of  the  wing  of  the 
party  called  the  "Hunkers,"  by  a  small  majority,  though  the  Dem- 
ocratic candidate  for  Lieutenant-Governor  was  elected.  The  sud- 
den death  of  Silas  Wright  a  few  months  afterwards  aroused  the 
most  intense  hosiility  on  the  part  of  his  friends  against  those  whom 
they  regarded  as  "the  murderers  of  Silas  Wright."     At  the  Balti- 


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niore  Convention  of  1844,  Mr.  Van  Huron's  renomination  had  been 
defoatod  by  the  opposition  of  the  same  faction,  wlio  aimed  at  the 
nomination  of  (Jenoral  (^ass,  thouf?li  after  they  saw  the  vehemence 
of  resentment  tlicy  hail  awakened,  fearing  the  hjss  of  th(!  Presi- 
dential election,  they  offered  the  nomination  to  Mr.  Wright,  which 
he  refused,  and  the  compromise  result  was  the  nomination  of  the 
comparativtily  second-rate  man,  Polk  of  Tennessee. 

Nevertln;less,  Mr.  Wriglit  consented  to  accept  tlu?  (irovernorship 
of  New  York,  as  the  iiKuins  of  saving  the  State  and  the  election  to 
the  Democratic  party,  with  Polk  for  its  ['residential  candidate. 
The  old  enemies  of  Van  Buren  still  strove  for  the  nomination  of 
Cass  in  1848,  and  it  was  for  the  purj)ose  of  killing  off  Gov.  Wright 
for  1848,  that  they  defeated  his  re-election  for  (Jovernor  in  184(i, 
which  was  soon  followed  by  his  death,  as  aliove  mentioned.  Siias 
Wright  was  rcganled  by  the  young  men  as  the  ('ato  of  the  Democ- 
racy, or,  lik(^  Brutus,  as  the  "noblest  Roman  of  them  all."  They 
would  tolerate  no  association  with  those  at  whose  door  they  laid 
"the  deep  damnation  of  Ins  taking  off."  Cass  was  again  and  still 
tlie  candidate  of  thes(^  latter,  and  the;  unforgiving,  friends  of  Silas 
Wright  in  his  grave,  preferred  any  and  all  consequences  rather 
than  the  triiuiiph  of  Cass  and  the  Hunkers.  The  fascinating  influ- 
ence and  brilliant  eloquence  of  John  V^an  Buren  fed  the  flame  of 
this  superheated  pai'ty  feeling.  To  defeat  at  all  hazards  them 
and  ('ass,  for  whom  personally  they  entertained  a  profound  con- 
tempt, was  their  aim  and  i)assi()nate  resolve.  The  result  was  the 
strange  nnd  unnatural  coalition  which  was  represented  by  the 
nomination  of  Van  Buren  and  Adams  on  the  "  Buffalo  platfoi'm." 
SubseqiiLMit  history  has  proven  (in  my  opinion)  that  this  was  a 
grievous  mistake,  though  it  had  its  origin  in  natural  and  generous 
emotions.  The  result  was  that  Cass  was  utterly  defeated,  Taylor 
being,  in  the  State  of  Nmv  Vork,  first.  Van  Buren  second,  and  Cass 
third.  The  Whigs  swept  the  State  and  the  country.  Mr.  Watei'- 
bury  was  second  to  none  in  his  participation  in  the  general  feeling 
and  action  of  the  young  Democrats  of  New  York,  nicknamed  the 
"  Harnburnert'.."'  Th»^  election  of  Taylor  for  a  single  term  was.  to 
them,  a  minor  evil  in  comparison  with  what  they  would  have 
regarded  as  the  abomination  of  Cass  under  those  circumstances. 
Silas  Wright  was  at  least  avenged. 

To  Mr.  Waterbury,  ont^  immediate  consequence  was  the  loss  of 
his  position  on  the  bench.  The  Whigs,  in  full  possession  of  the 
State,  and   eager  to   posse.ss  all   the  offices,  vacated   his  seat  by 


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reducing  the  term  of  the  incumbent  judges,  and  Mr.  Watorbury 
contentedly  returned  to  th(!  private  practice  of  liis  profewsidu. 

This  Now  York  "  HarnburnerH  "  revolt  in  tin*  Dtunocratic  party, 
in  18'I8,  was  a  purely  local  and  temporary  (ipisode.  Tim  two 
divisions  of  the  party  in  New  York  soon  came  togetlu^r  again  l)y 
natural  gmvitation,  and  the  result  was  seen  in  185*2,  in  the  ovor- 
wluOining  majority  by  which  Tierce,  a  mere  brigadi(M'-general  in 
the  Mexican  war,  was  elected  ov(U'  (Jenc'ral  Scott,  its  brilliant  and 
pojiular  comniander-in-chief.  Mr.  Wat('rl)ury  approved  tlKvClay 
compromise  nu^asures  of  1850,  and  has  never  since*  separated  from 
the  National  party. 

After  his  retirement,  in  1840,  from  his  four  years  of  service  on 
the  bench  of  the  Marine  Court,  Judge  Waterbury  pursued  the 
modest  carec^r  of  a  young  lawyer  with  a  practice*  yet  to  makct,  and 
with  (jualifications  for  success,  and  the  achievenmnt  of  distinction 
more  solid  than  showy.  And  if  he  was  thus  legitimately  wedded 
to  Themis,  she  was  far  from  possessing  his  whole  heart.  Anothei- 
passion  divided  it  and  led  him  often  into  truancy  from  his  law 
office — that  of  politics.  A  full-blooded  American,  an  earne.'it 
patriot,  an  ingrained  Democrat  full  of  sincere  faith  in  the  people, 
thoroughly  ind)ued  with  the  spirit  of  what  may  be  termed  the 
Jacksonian  era,  imbibcKl  by  him  from  association  with  that  pure 
and  noble  set  of  men  of  whom,  in  New  York,  Van  Buren,  Wright, 
Young,  Flagg,  Michael  HolTnian,  and  others  were  the  chiefs  (his 
intimate  friend,  Tilden,  being  anotlier  high  pupil  of  the  same  sj)l('n 
did  school),  a  born  organizer,  and  of  that  temper  of  character  whicli 
made  disinteret>'-ed  zeal  and  indefatigable  work  for  the  promotion 
of  what  was  to  him  right  and  duty  a  very  law  of  his  nature,  a 
necessity  of  his  very  conscience,  the  pale  and  slender  young  num 
who,  though  nearly  six  feet,  weiglied  less  than  l.'H)  i)()unds  {\\e,  ciin 
now  boast  his  180),  soon  came  to  occupy  quite  an  unique*  position 
among  the  leading  men  of  his  party.  His  politics  were  a  sort  of 
religion  to  him,  and  a  i-eligion  of  work  as  well  as  of  words.  lie 
had  the  confidence  of  their  inmost  circle,  and  was  always  found  of 
excellent  counsel.  He  was  of  most  useful  private  benefit  to  the 
Democratic  press.  Possessing  a  remarkable;  niemoiy,  attentive  to 
details  as  well  as  to  generalities,  and  fond  of  statistics,  he  was 
familiar  with  the  figures  of  the  past  votes,  not  merely  of  .States 
and  cities,  but  of  counties  and  wat'ds,  and  not  alone  of  his  own 
State,  but  of  the  principal  States  of  the  Union;  so  that  in  electiem 
times,  when  returns  would  come  in  much  more  slowly  and  scat- 


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tcriiijily  tliHii  in  thcao  niodcrii  days  of  »iUH!tririty,  Im  wuh  iiivHliiablo 
ill  holpiiig  to  th(!  earli<!8t  judffriienis  of  tlio  rHsults.  TIk^  taMcs  of 
compurativc  returns  wliicli,  at  such  jM'rioils,  \v(^r(^  tho  nioist  imporl- 
ant  and  inton'stin>ij  reading  in  tlio  cohmins  of  the  Icadiiijj;  Dcnio- 
(•rali<-  papers,  were  always  sun*  to  have  pniC(H'(h'd  from  his  accuriitc 
iiiid  indofatij^ahl(>  pencil,  t()  which  they  were  a  lalior  of  lovo.  And 
in  the  city  of  his  own  rosidenro,  N(!W  N'ork,  lui  always  took  an 
active  and  always  most  s(«rviceable  part,  orf^aiiizat ion  lieiii^  at  oiu-e 
his Jhrte  and  d<'li^ht.      At  the;  same  tiiM(^  he  wiis  seldom  one  of 

the  sp«uikers  at  public,  meetings;  not  or.ly  did  he  not  possess  the 
nvpiisite  power  of  Iwiif^s  and  voi(!e,  hut  his  style,  though  easy  and 
(excellent  in  the  ])rose(;ution  of  a  logical  line  of  arj^ument  to  carry 
conviction  to  the  reason  of  a  judge,  anci  the  mingled  reason  and 
heart  of  a  jury,  was  not  of  the  kind  most  effective  with  popular 
assend)lages.  Moreover,  at  such  linns  he  was  always  too  busy 
otherwise — and  after  the  victory  often  too  much  exhausted — for 
that  kind  of  political  work.  Hut  many  a  time,  when  the  hrilliant 
popular  t)rat()r  would  seem  to  carry  oif  si>  laige  a  share  of  the 
credit  f o  ■  tlu;  victory  achieved,  Mr.  Waleihury  had  really  con- 
trihuted  ten  times  more  of  elTectivti  though  silent  influence  to  tlie 
result. 

A  sworn  enemy  to  corruption  and  every  form  of  dishonesty  in 
politics  or  in  nuirals,  and  ever  unrelenting  to  the  old  enenues  of 
Silas  Wright  (to  this  day  tears  have  hevn  seen  to  come  to  his  (^yes 
at  that  name),  while  ho  ])ossessed  tht*  uidinuted  conliilence  and 
esteem  of  all  the  leading  men  of  his  own  wing  of  the  Democratic 
party,  lie  lu^came,  of  course,  the  object  of  a  si)ecial  animosity  ami 
dread  to  those  of  the  other. 

In  18r),'i,  th<^  members  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  had 
already  becouM'  po])ularly  known  as  "the  forty  thieves  ;"  and  the 
jjegislatiire,  upon  the  appliciitioii  of  a  committee  consisting  of 
Peter  Cooper,  llt^nry  Cirinnell,  James  Hdorman,  and  otln'r  leading 
citizens  of  that  high  category,  which  had  been  organized  for  the 
sole  purpose  of  securing  municipal  reform,  passed  a  series  of 
amendments  to  the  city  charter,  to  Ije  siil)mitted  to  a  popular  vote 
before  taking  effect.  The  election  for  this  object  was  a  special 
one,  and  none  of  the  politicalorgani/atioiis  took  any  part  in  it. 

The  danger  was,  however,  imminent  that  it  would  be  controlled 
>)y  the  members  of  the  Common  Council,  the  most  influential  poli- 
ticians of  their  respective  wards,  and  all  interested  in  defeating 
the  proposed  amendments.  Only  two  weeks  remained  before  the 
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oloction,  iind  the  Iric'iidH  of  reform  found  tlicMuselvoH  in  dan>^or  of 
d»'f<>at.  .fud^c  VVat<'rbiiry's  ubility  as  an  orj^ani/rr  was  well 
known,  Itiit.  lie  was  not  a  mcndn'r  of  tlic  roiiiniitfcd.  Duncan  ('. 
I'cll,  afUu'wiird  liiciitonant  <  Jovcruor  ol  Kliodc  Island,  and  (Ico.  H. 
Butler,  a  conlideiitial  businoss  associato  of  t.lm  late  A.  T.  Stewart, 
wore  sent  to  rofpiest  him  to  prepare  a  plan  for  orj;!;ani/-in^;  the  briiif 
cam])aign,  and  to  direct  it.  Ho  pr  ptiy  prepared  a  ])aper  settini;' 
forth  a  perfect  plan  tofirouse  tluMlu..  and  liiii;!,iiid  ]iui)lic  attention, 
so  as  to  siicure  sncc<'ss  at  tiu^  election.  'Plie  coniniittce  unaniniousiy 
and  gratefully  apj)rove(l  Ins  plan  of  organization  and  action,  and 
urged  liim  to  assume  the  task  of  its  execution.  JTe  linally  con- 
sented, on  tlie  condition  tliat  he  should  have  the  soUi  management, 
and  sliould  not  liavci  to  (ronsult  with  any  committee  or  other 
autlunity  whatever;  to  whi<*h  the  committee  had  tlu«  good  sense 
to  agree.  When  tlie  caucus  of  the  C'onimon  Council  l(!arne(l  that 
the  cam[)aign  was  to  be  condu(!ted  by  him,  they  realized  that  any 
attempt  to  defeat  the  anuMidmenta  would  be  useless,  and  all  opposi- 
tion was  abandoned.  The  reform  mov(!ment  was,  however,  organ- 
ized with  the  most  perfect  and  com])lete  system,  every  detail  being 
arranged  with  the  greatest  care,  and  with  such  success  that  tlu; 
anKUidnunits  wei'e  adopted  by  a  majority  of  .'JO, 009  in  a  vot(!  of 
about  ;U),000;  quite  a  full  vote  for  a  cpiarter  of  a  century  ago. 

About  two  years  before  this,  in  18;")],  the  part  of  the  city  in 
which  Judge  Watorbury  n^sided  was  set  ofT  as  a  new  ward,  and 
the  Democrats  selected  him  to  re})resent  it  in  the  l?oard  of  Educa- 
tion of  the  city ;  a  position  always  (^steennnl  one  of  high  honor. 
He  declined  the  nomination,  but  was  nevertheless  elected.  He 
could  not  be  insensible  to  such  an  (expression  of  confidence,  and 
sucli  an  appeal  to  his  philanthropy;  and  for  nearly  eleven  consecu- 
tive years  scM'ved  as  a  school  o(li(;er,  taking  at  once  a  leading  part 
in  educational  matters.  ll((  brought  to  these  lunv  duties  the  same 
spirit  of  zeal  and  thoroughgoingness  which  characterized  his  action 
in  all  matters  in  which  he  saw  duty  to  be  performed  and  public 
good  to  be  accomplished.  The  service  was  wholly  giatuitous,  and 
involved  much  labor,  sacrifice  of  time,  and  ev(m  some  (expense. 
At  that  period,  and  for  years  before,  vehement  controversy  existed 
between  the  Roman  (yatholics,  under  the  lead  of  th(Mr  pri(!sthood, 
and  the  powerful  Public  School  Society,  over  the  question  of  the 
religious  intluenco  exerted  upon  the  minds  of  the  children  by  the 
spirit  and  tone  of  school  education.  On  the  one  side  a  Protestant- 
izing influence  was  produced,  or  claimed  to  be  produced,  through 


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the  ruudiii^  of  tlm  liiblo  in  tho  hcIiooIh  and  tho  uso  of  books  con- 
taining or  Hiig^(!Htiiig  aiiti-('at}iolic  idtuis.  Tho  Catholics  (chiclly 
Irish  and  Democratic  in  their  party  assocnations)  not  only  nuide 
snch  complaints,  Imt  clainicd  that  an  aflirnnitivc  religions  inllncncc 
ougiit  lo  \)v.  cxcitt'd  in  the  conrsc'  ul!  early  ctlncation;  and  tliey 
wanted  the  existing  public  scliool  system  broken  up,  and  specially 
Catholic  schools  estal>lislied  to  work  sido  by  side  with  the  Vrotest- 
ant  ones,  acicording  to  the  prefer(Mic(;s  of  the  parentc.  There  was 
a  great  deal  to  lui  r<>asonably  urged  on  both  sides  of  such  a  contro- 
versy. Personally  Mr.  Waterbury  was  a.  I'rotcHtant  (Kpiscopaliari, 
and  strong  for  the  "Apostolic  succession  "),  and  shari-il  thegeiu'i'al 
unwillingness  of  the  community  to  seeing  a  sectarian  disruption  of 
the  groat  common  school  system  of  New  York.  Hut  he  was  at  the 
same  time  a  i-(msonal)lo,  just,  and,  above  all,  a  i)ra(rtical  man.  In 
the  first  year  of  his  service  he  W)»s  appointinl  by  the  President  of 
the  Hoard,  the  Hon.  K.  C.  Pent^ilict,  ui)on  a  conunittec^  to  confer 
with  tlu!  Publico  Sirhool  Soci(ity  for  the  transfer  of  its  .schools  (ubout 
equal  in  nundxT  with  those  under  tlus  (jontrol  of  the  Board  of 
Kducation)  to  the  control  of  the  latter  body;  and  to  his  tact  and 
ability  the  accomplishment  of  that  union  was  largcily  due.  As 
chairmaji  of  the  linance  committee  or  of  tlie  committee  on  bydaws, 
and  as  a  mendier  of  other  important  committees,  his  labors  were 
constant  and  of  great  valuta  The  statutes  of  the  State  isolating  to 
the  Board,  and  the  by-laws  of  th(!  Board,  were  constantly  under 
amendment  by  him,  until  linally  nc^arly  the  whole  of  both  bore  the 
impress  of  his  :'(>vision.  One  signal  triumph  may  bt;  here  specified 
whicli  mark(Hl  his  service!  in  the  Hoard.  Some  of  the  schools,  in 
wanls  with  population  almost  entirely  Roman  Catholic,  were  not 
opened  with  the  reading  of  the  Bible.  Wlien  the  bitterly  anti- 
Irish  and  anti-Catholic  party,  which  strangely  gloried  in  the  name 
of  "the  Know-Nothings,"  ol)tained  for  one  year  coatrol  of  the 
Board,  a  majority  of  the  committee  on  by-laws  reported  a  by-law 
to  comi)el  such  reading  of  the  Hibh^  ;  under  such  penalties  that,  if 
the  local  officers  failed  to  obey,  the  schools  should  be  closed.  'IMie 
proposed  by-law  had  not  been  considered  at  any  meeting  of  the 
committee,  so  that  no  remonstrating  nunority  report  could  be  heard 
against  it,  but  was  embodied  in  a  report  signed  by  a  nuxjority  of 
its  members.  Judge  Waterbury,  in  the  Board,  asked  that  its  con- 
sideration should  be  postponed  to  enable  him  to  subnut  the  views 
of  the  minority.  I'his  fair  and  rightful  request  was  refused, 
and  the  by-law  was  passed  by  simple  for(!c  of  nund)ers.     At  the 


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next  meeting  (July,  185!)^  he  submitted  a  minority  report,  which 
also  here  the  signature  ol'  the  Hon.  Wilham  E.  C'urtis,  now  chief 
judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  tlie  city  of  New  York,  but  the 
Board  refused  to  receive  or  print  it.  Judge  Waterbury  had  it 
printed  at  liis  own  expense  as  a  pamplilet,  and  distributed  to  the 
members,  the  newspapevs,  and  the  pTibHc,  and  the  result  was  that 
the  by-law  at  once  became  as  dead  as  tliough  a  blank  paper.  Tt 
was  uttei'ly  disregarded,  and  no  attempt  was  ever  made  to  enforce 
it.  Indeed,  the  subject  was  so  completely  dispose  d  of  tliat  in  the 
twenty  years  wliich  have  (ilapsed,  {.Ithough  the  agitation  of  the  same 
question  has  disturl)ed  other  co.uiiiunitie.s,  tlie  city  of  New  York 
has  remained  entirely  free  from  it.  Some  years  afterwards,  at  the 
last  meeting  of  the  Board  attended  by  Judge  Waterbury,  and  on 
his  proposition,  a  motion  repealing  the  dead  by-law  was  unani- 
mously ado])ted.  S])ace  permits  me  to  quote  only  the  following, 
which  was  the  conclusion  of  the  report  ref(!rred  to: 

'•The  undersigned,  while  tliey  are  thus  decided  in  their  op|  -;i- 
tion  to  th(^  polic}^  of  compulsion,  are  also  earnestly  in  favor  of  the 
daily  reading  of  the  Bible  in  oiii'  scliools.  Tliey  realize  fully  the 
inestimable  value  of  that  sacred  l>ook,  in  its  influence  upon  the 
formation  of  character,  in  its  guidance  of  our  daily  lilt'  and  con- 
duct, and  in  the  ])r{>pai"ation  which  it  affords  to  all  who  accept  it 
for  the  eternity  Iteyond  the  grave.  In  their  own  Wnrds,  where 
their  advocacy  of  the  policy  of  the  daily  reading  of  the  Hible  is 
proper  and  available,  they  have  uniformly  expressed  these  senti- 
ments, and  it  is  gratifying  to  them  tliat  the  Bible  is,  and  lias  lieen, 
read  daily  in  every  school  in  tJieir  r(>sp('ctiv<'  Wards,  from  the 
organization  of  ( ach  school  to  the  present  time.  Yet  they  do  not 
deem  it  necessary  or  proper  to  seek  o(!CHsion  for  the  reiteration  of 
these  sentiments,  mi  eh  less  (hi  they  believe  that  that  sacred  book 
should  be  us(?(l  as  a  sliibbol'-i^'v  by  a  political  or  any  other  seculai' 
interest.  When  I'cligioxis  niatters  are  degraded  from  their  high 
and  holy  sphere  to  the  uses  of  partisanship  of  any  kind,  it  i>  too 
often  found  that  those  who  are  loudest  in  their  professed  advocacy 
are  not  always,  eitlier  in  their  language  or  conduct,  tlu*  most  con- 
sistent with  religious  purity  or  principle.  Without  inqjuting  any 
such  deficiency  to  their  coih'agues  in  the  Board  who  have  supported 
these  by-laws,  the  undersigned  have  failed  to  observe  anything  in 
*he  ])r(went  agitation  denoting  a  iiigher  pui'pose  than  they  hav»^ 
above  indicated;  on  the  contrary,  it  set^ns  to  them  to  be  clearly 
imbued  with  the  unworthy  spirit  of  pcsrsonal  and  i)o]itical  ends, 
rather  than  with  tlit^  peaceful  and  beiuivolent  spirit  of  the  (iospel 
of  (..iirist. 

"  While  the  un(l(>i-signed  have  ai'gU(,'d  that  the  lioard  possesses 
no  power  to  ado|)t  the  conq)uls;»ry  By-[;aws,  it  is  due  to  themselves 
to  declare  that  they  would  be  averse  to  the  policy  of  conqnUsKMi, 


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even  if  the  power  to  adopt  it  were  undoubted.  They  are  entirely 
convinced  of  the  wisdom  and  expediency  of  tlie  rule  which  leaves 
this  matter  to  the  action  of  each  locality.  There  is  no  subject 
whatever,  notwithstandinfij  the  gentleness  and  nioileration  of  its 
own  principles,  and  tlu;  brotherly  love  and  charity  which  it  incul- 
cates, upon  which  numkiiid  feel  so  keenly,  or  often  manifest  so 
much  asperity,  as  u[)on  that  of  religion.  It  woi'ks  its  way  onward, 
not  l)y  reason  of  the  occasional  intoh^-ance  and  violence  of  its 
advocates,  but  by  its  inherent  beauty,  wisdom,  and  power.  They 
do  not  beli(3ve  that  a  sincere  convert  has  evei-  lieiui  made  to  any 
religious  doctrine  by  outward  compulsion,  whether  ecclesiastical, 
niilitary,  or  political.  It  is  not  jjrobablc  that  any  gr<>atcr  success 
will  attend  an  attempt  to  force  the  daily  reading  of  .tlie  Hihle  upon 
the  people  of  any  locality,  whatevtu-  may  be  the  motives  that 
prompt  their  opposition  to  its  use;  but,  on  the  contrary,  the 
attempt  is  likely  to  arouse  a  more  determined  ri'sistance. 

"In  conclusion,  because  the  Hoard  has  no  authority  whatever  to 
pass  these  By-Laws,  because  they  uproot  tlu'  wis(;  and  beneficent 
policy  consistently  pursued  during  the  whole  continuau'^e  of  the 
existing  school  system;  becausi;  tlun'e  is  no  nect'ssity  for-  tht;ir 
adoption;  because  they  are  harsh,  unjust,  and  oppressive  in  their 
provisions;  b(>cause  they  proceed  u])on  a  basis  of  violenc(>  and 
force,  hostile  to  the  very  spirit  of  the  llible  itself;  and  lu^cause 
there  is  inmiiiu'nt  danger  that  they  will  substitute  for  a  state  of 
prosperity  and  peac^e,  the  issues  of  strife  and  dc^struction,  the 
ui  ;lersigned  wen^  and  are  opposed  to  tiieir  ado|)tion,  juid  thev 
believe  that  such  opf)osition  will  (!ommend  itself,  not  only  to  every 
friend  of  the  pi'inciples  ujion  whi<'li  our  civil  institutions  are  based, 
but  also  to  all  who  [)ri/e  and  venerate  tlie  precious  and  immut- 
■.Mo  principles  of  the  (Christian  faith." 

In  tlie  summer  of  1853,  the  newly-appointed  postmaster  of  New 
York  earne.stly  solittited  Judge  Waterbury  to  accept  the  position 
of  assistant  postmaster,  for  the  special  purpose  of  securing  his 
recognized  al>ility  as  an  organizer,  for  the  establishment  of  an 
improved  system  for  the  delivery  of  letters  through(jiit  th(>  city: 
offering  to  niak(>  to  the  salary  such  addition,  out  of  his  own,  as 
would  make  it  [troperly  remunerative.  With  great  reluctance 
Judge  Waterl)ury  finally  consented.  Huch  diversion  of  liis  iitten- 
tion  and  time  from  his  profession  wns  invtsssarily  dain;)ging  to  his 
practice  of  the  latter  ;  for  the  law  is  a  jealous  and  exacting  mistress. 
I'robabiy  the  laboricms  work  to  be  done,  for  a  good  pul)lic  service, 
and  in  tlie  element  in  which  he  took  a  certain  intellectual  delight, 
exerted  a  fascination  upon  Judge  Waterbury,  which  tempted  him 
into  an  unwise  deviation  from  his  proper  \hw  of  professional  life. 
At  that  time  the  (hilivery  was  inadc^  by  carriers  who  colh'cted  a, 
fee  of   two  cents  on  each   letter  for  their  compensation.     Some 


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routes  were  worth  over  $2,()()()  a  y^nr,  otliers  under  $500.  Every 
carrier  liad  to  attcmd  at  the  genei'al  i)08t-otIice  to  receive  his  lettei"8, 
tliough  some  routes  were  nearly  five  miles  distant  from  it.  Some 
made  three  or  four  deliveries  a  day,  to  others  oidy  one  was  possible. 
And  tluM-e  were  a  number  of  private  establishments  scattered 
throughout  the  city,  styling  themselves  "post-offices,"  and  making 
rival  deliveries.  Instead  of  such  system  as  ought  to  work  the  postal 
service  of  a  great  meti'opolis,  there  was  chaos,  and  a  chaos  (!(|ually 
absurd  and  injurious  to  the  public  acconimodiition.  He  first  brok(* 
up  tlu'  undue  advantages  of  carriers  on  the  dense  business  routes 
by  requiring  half  of  the  carriers'  fees  to  be  paid  into  a  common 
fund,  and  distributed  on  a  plan  by  which  the  carri(!rs  on  routes 
covering  large  areas  received  a  larger  sum  per  letter  than  those  on 
routes  embraced  within  a  circuit  of  a  few  huiulred  feet.  Having 
thus  secured  the  means  of  equalizing  the  delivery  over  the  whole* 
city,  he  also  establislicd  hundnuis  of  locked  boxes  at  suitable  places 
throughout  the  city,  from  which  letters  wen;  taken  at  stated  hours 
each  day,  by  re^'ulai-  collectors,  fle  next  assailed  the  private  post- 
offices,  as  they  were  called,  and  at  last,  after  a  desperate  resistance, 
comp<>lle(l  tln"in  to  discontinue  tluMr  illegitimate  business.  Thus, 
step  by  step,  he  gradmdly,  and  with  great  tlifliculty — becaussj  every 
movement,  strenuously  resisted  by  those  whose  intenwts  were  nec- 
essarily damaged  by  reform,  had  to  receive  the  approval  of  the 
department  at  Washington — prejjared  the  way  for  an  entirc^ly  new 
sysicm.  At  the  end  of  about  two  years  Ik;  had  th<;  satisfac^tion  of 
bfiing  abUi  to  nuike  his  reform  comprehensive  and  ('ompU^tc'.  The 
city  was  divided  uito  seven  districts,  in  each  of  which  (other  than 
the  one  containing  the  general  post-office)  a  station  was  established, 
designated  as  stations  A,  U,  etc.,  each  one  of  which  was  practically 
a  post-office  for  the  district;  so  that,  while  lettei-s  contiiuied  to  Iw 
dirccU'd  to  the  New  York  post-office,  they  were  there  distributed 
and  sent  in  bulk  to  the  proper  districts,  from  which  they  riiceived 
their  local  deliv(U-y  with  the  utmost  possible  promptitude  and 
regularity.  Conversely  the  collectors  from  tlus  boxes  dcilivered  at 
the  stations  of  their  nispective  districts,  from  which  transmission 
was  made  to  the  gtjueral  office.  The  constant  and  rapid  commu- 
nications between  the  central  otilce  and  the  stations,  to  and  fro, 
was  effected  by  circulating  wagons,  making  the  circuit  of  the  city 
at  stated  intervals  each  day.  Not  merely  the  general  system,  but 
every  detail,  including  the  mapping  out  of  the  districts,  the  hiring 
and   (itting  up  the  stations,  the  selectin.g  and  drilling  of  the  men, 


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etc.,  was  personally  attended  to  by  Judjjje  Waterbury;  and  so 
thoroughly,  that  the  new  S3'8tein  was  a  <ronipl<'t(i  8U(X'ess  from  the 
very  day  of  its  opening  ;  working  like  clock-work,  in  the  whole  and 
in  all  of  its  parts.  VVitli  the  growth  of  the  city,  the  districts  have 
been  increased  to  nearly  twenty,  l>ut  the  system  remains  unchangi'd, 
except  only  that  the  delivery  of  letters  is  now  free  fj-om  any  cai"- 
rier's  charge*.  Once  or  twice  minor  changes  have*  been  imuh?,  but 
they  did  not  work  well,  and  Judge  Waterbury 's  system,  pure  and 
simple,  was  soon  restoi'ed.  Tims  a  very  model  for  city  delivery 
of  mailable  matter  was  established  in  New  York,  which  has  led  to 
an  impn)v<>ni(>nt  of  the  carriers'  delivery  (n'lM-ywhere,  and  to  a  very 
large  yearly  increase*  in  the*  revenues  of  tlio  r()st-(  )nice  Dt^partment. 
Yet  few  reflect  or  remember  to  whose  orgaidzing  and  creative 
genius  all  this  is  dut^ 

The  reaction  from  liis  excessive  labor  brought  upon  Judge 
Waterbury  a  seven*  sickness,  a  condition  of  fevered  nervous 
exhaustion.  H(*  had  all  along  fc'lt  an  undue  confidence  that  his 
elastic,  while  delicate  constitution  could  (!ntlure  the  strain  of  any 
amount  of  work  that  should  not  exceed  twenty-four  hours  in  the 
day.  With  a  pulse  at  120,  and  unable  to  leave*  the  house,  he  had 
a  cl(>rk  from  the  pv)st-office  to  attend  him  every  day  with  the  papers 
re(|uiring  his  action.  The  grat(>ful  postmaster,  learning  from  his 
physician  that  his  recovery  was  hopeless  unless  he  should  abstain 
from  work,  directed  that  no  more  papers  should  be  taken  to  his 
house.  Without  the  employment  which  had  sustained  while  it  was 
killing  liini,  he  broke  down,  as  the  thorough-bred  who  can,  or  at 
least  will,  go  while  between  the  shafts,  sinks  to  the  ground  the 
nionuMit  thev  are  withdrawn.  .Judge  Wat(*r])ury  was  th(*n  pros- 
trated in  bed  with  a  fever  wliich  continu(*(i  nnbi-oken  for  two 
months.  As  he  began  to  rally  a  little  in  the*  spring  of  1850,  he 
proceede'd  to  Cuba,  and  thence  travele*el  home  through  the  so  ^th- 
em  state's,  re*aching  Ne*w  Ye)rk  at  the  end  of  May,  with  health 
completely  revstal)lish(^d.  Sue-h  is  the  history,  not  before  written, 
of  the  establishment  of  the  pre*sent  pe)stal  system  of  the  (Jity  of 
New  York. 

While  yet  in  the  post-office*,  it  bee'ame>  nee-essary  in  Novend)er, 
IS5S,  to  elect  a  new  District  Atte)rne>3'  for  the  city.  That  func- 
tie)nary  is  the  public  prose*cutor,  anei  ocenipie's  a  relatie^n  so  e-lose*  to 
tli(>  administration  of  the  general  polie*ei  system,  that,  while  the  two 
branches  are  e)Hicially  distinct,  he*  is  in  some  sense  its  inte'lle'ctual 
head.     The  leading  men  in  the  Democratic  party  appeared  to  turn, 


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willi  iilinostonc  iiiiiid,  to  Jiulgc  Wiiterbiii'V-  1J«'  suggested  that 
iis  ]m  iia(i  bsen  out  of  the  practice  of  th(i  Uiw  for  over  five  years, 
it  was  a  (hmg(>rous  experiment  to  ])ut  liim  in  that  position;  but 
tli(\v  liad  full  conlitlciice  in  his  ahility  to  (ill  any  oflice  with  <  redit 
to  hiniseir  and  those  who  had  selected  him  for  it,  and  he  was  nom- 
inated with  great  xinanimity,  and  triumphantly  elected.  Their 
sagacity  was  soon  vindicated  from  all  doubts  wh(!th(T  of  himself 
oi-  of  otliers.  He  had  not  b(>en  four  montht,  in  the  olTicc;  before  lu^ 
had  won  the  entir<i  confidences  of  the  ])ublic.  The  wif(!  of  ti  man 
named  St(s[)hens  had  di(!d  one  year  pri'viously,  and  thv.n^  were  such 
strong  grounds  of  suspicion  that  she  had  been  poisoned,  that.ludg*^ 
Waterbury  directed  the  disinterment  of  the  body,  and  an  exam- 
ination to  be  made  by  Prof.  R.  Ogden  Doremus,  the  (eminent 
chemist.  It  was  found  to  be  permeated  in  every  [)art  with  arsenic, 
wliicli  had  preserved  it  from  decay,  and  Stephens  wa:s  indicted  for 
murder,  lie  was  one  of  the  false  professors  of  an  ostentatious 
l)iety,  and  his  fellow-worshippers  in  his  church  rallied  indignantly 
to  ids  defense,  and  supplied  the  means  for  it  to  be  made  with 
ability  and  vigor.  The  trial  lasted  three  weeks,  and  ended  in  the 
conviction  of  the  nnirderer,  who,  aft<>r  the  case  had  been  taken  to 
tlu!  C!ourt  of  .\i)p(sals,  and  tin*  conviction  aflirmed,  sulTm-ed  the 
penalty  of  t\w  law.  The  work  so  elliciently  begun  was  vigorously 
followed  up.  Every  case  of  the  wilful  use  of  deadly  weapons, 
whethej"  fatal  or  not  in  the  result,  was  prosecuted,  and  the  guilty 
were  punished.  'JMiere  was  a  large,  powerful,  and  dangerous 
class  in  New  Vork,  against  whom  this  bold  and  firm  course  was  a 
personally  hazardous,  and  very  hazardous,  declaration  of  war. 
William  Mulligan,  a  gand)ler.  one  of  its  most  noted  members  (who. 
when  «'xcited  with  drink,  was  a  i-(>ckl(»ss  ruHian,  and  who  was  after- 
wards shot  to  death  ijy  the  police  of  San  Francisco),  foun<l  himself 
compelled  to  exchange  the  fashionable  broa<lcloth  and  diamond 
studs  with  which  he  promenaded  Broadway  for  the  sim[)ler  uni- 
form of  Sing  Sing,  for  the  crime  of  aiming  a  loaded  pistol  at  a 
police  o(1ic(!r.  And  while  the  assaults  endangering  tlu;  lives  of 
public  officers  were  inflexibly  and  severely  punished,  these  latter 
were  made  to  know  that  they  too  would  be  held  to  strict  account- 
ability for  any  luniecessary  degree  of  severity  towards  (!ven  the 
criminal  class,  .ludge  Waterbury  held  that  thei'e  should  not  be 
an  outcast  class  in  any  ('hristian  or  civilized  community,  and  that 
care  should  be  taken  to  siiow  the  offenders  that  while  the  law 
exacted  obedience  it  did  not  withhold  just  protection.     'I'he  r  >8ult 


APPENDIX    U. 


.^O") 


was  not  long  in  manitosting  itHelf.  Even  the  more  depraved,  when 
they  found  that  justice  was  not  a  one-sided  word,  and  that,  while 
one  hand  held  the  sword  of  public*  duty,  the  otlier  held  the  shield 
for  the  defense  of  all  entitled  to  it,  felt  the  good  and  wise  molli- 
fying iiiHuenec  ;  and  New  York,  reversing  its  bad  rc^pute,  bticanic 
known  for  a  time  as  unsurpassfl  for  onhu-  and  (|ui(!t  by  any  city 
of  its  size  in  the  world.  80  in  ifgard  to  the  frauds  known*  as 
ticket-switidling,  which  made  New  York  a  place  of  terror  to  the 
multitudes  attracted  by  its  business  fa(riliti(^s,  who  daily  (unbarkt-d 
at  its  wharves.  Judge  Wat«!ibury  took  uj)  the  task  of  correcti*  n 
in  his  (characteristic,  thorough-going  way,  and  nuide  short  and 
sharp  work  of  the  principal  ollendcirs,  and  so  paralyz(Hl  and  deter- 
red the  rest  that  the  system  became,  and  has  remained  a  tiling  of 
the  past. 

The  great  case  of  Charles  Jefferds  for  the  murd(M'  of  John 
Walton  and  John  W.  Mathews,  was  th(!  most  important  one  of 
Mr.  Waterbury's  term  of  the  District  Attoriu^ysliii).  'J'he  prisomn- 
had  the  powerful  aid  of  James  T.  Brady  as  liis  leading  counscd. 
It  was  a  horrid  case;  an  intricately  tangled,  and  every  way  a  mcist 
extraordinary  one.  Jefferds  was  a  step-son  of  Mr.  Walton,  luMug 
son  of  Mrs.  Walton  by  the  first  of  the  several  marriages  of 
which  that  with  Mr.  Walton  had  been  the  last.  Walton  was  shot 
down  at  the  corner  of  Third  Avenue  and  18th  street,  at  20  min- 
utes past  11,  of  a  bright  moonsliiny  night,  when  there  was  no  lack 
of  people  in  the  streets.  The  assassin,  who  had  been  lying  in  wait 
for  him  behind  a  tree,  stepped  up  close  to  him,  after  he  had  passeii, 
killed  him  on  the  spot  by  a  large  bullet  through  his  brain;  fhnl, 
was  pursu(!d,  turncni  upon  his  foremost  pursuer,  Mathews,  and  by  a 
shot  in  the  l)reast,  laid  him  also  dead  on  the  spot,  himself  escaping 
The  pistol  was  found  the  next  r.iorning  in  a  neighboring  yai'd, 
where  it  had  been  flung,  with  two  barrels  out  of  the  live  dis- 
charged in  their  work  of  twofold  murder.  As  there  W(  re  two 
distinct  crimes,  separated  by  an  interval  of  time,  and  i)rompted 
by  different  motiv(!s,  though  the  one  grew  out  of  the  otluu-,  there 
were  two  indictments.  On  the  first,  that  for  the  deliberate  lying- 
in- wait  assassination  of  his  stei)-fathor,  Walton,  the  evidence  was 
insufficient  for  a  conviction.  His  face  had  been  seen  too  rapidly 
by  moonlight,  and  at  too  great  a  distance,  for  conclusive  id(;nti(i- 
cation.  After  a  few  minutes  of  hiding  under  a  stoop,  \u'.  had  got 
off  on  a  streetcar,  and  had  crossed  the  ferry  to  South  Brooklyn, 
where  he  reached  his  lodgings  so  promptly  that,  in  view  of  some 
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AI'I'KNDIX    V, 


V. 

it 


(liiTeroncos  of  time,  as  ostimatcid  by  tho  various  wituossos  wlio 
hoard  tlio  sliots,  it  was  a  point  strenuously  disputed  foi-  the  defense^ 
wlietlicr  he  could  have  accomplished  the  distance  in  his  llif^ht. 
And  that  which  was  the  real  motive  to  the  crime,  was  at  onci;  as 
diflicult  tfi  prove  as  it  was  horrid  and  revolting,  nainely.  a  prompting 
1)V  his  mother  to  rid  her  of  her  husband;  prompting  in  which  hin^ 
wafe  cond)ined  with  hate.  She  had  a  strong  interest  in  Mr.  Wal- 
ton's death  at  that  time,  so  that  she  could  receive  ]wj  widow's 
dower  in  his  considerable  estate;  for  he  had  recently  ])ut  \un-  away 
for  ju.st  cause,  and  she  kiu)W  him  to  l)e  on  the  track  of  the  evi- 
dence which  would  show  her  to  be  either  the  undivorced  wife 
of  a  husband  still  living,  or  to  have  at  least  passed  for  the  wife  of 
that  other  man  without  the  sanction  of  marriage.  On  the  indict- 
ment for  the  murder  of  Mr.  Walton,  .lefferds  had  escaped  con 
viction,  but  the  District  Attorney  remained  thoroughly  convinc(ul 
of  his  guilt,  and  held  the  other  indictment  still  over  him,  for  the 
niurd(M'  of  Mathews,  his  pursuer  in  his  flight;  a  conviction  \nM 
also  by  the  brother  of  the  murdered  Walton,  now  guardian  of  his 
orphaniMl  children,  and  as  such  resisting  the  suit  of  Jeflerds's 
mother  for  her  dower.  Judge  Waterl)ury  did  not,  however, 
choose  to  proceed  at  once  to  the  trial  of  the  second  indictment, 
but,  on  tlui  contrary,  surprised  thc^  [)ubli(t  by  releasing  JelTerds 
from  prison  on  his  own  recognizance.  More  evidence  to  bring  the 
crime  home  was  necessary,  and  he  trusted  to  that  providential  law 
which  always  tends  to  make  the  murderer  himself  l)etray  his 
ever-toi  turing  secret,  aiul  was  not  unwilling  that  his  apparent 
triumph  over  public  justice,  and  consequent  sense  of  security, 
should,  together  with  his  habits  of  dissipation  and  intemperanco, 
favor  the  operation  of  that  law.  The  able  Chief  of  I'olice,  Mi-, 
.lohn  A.  Kennedy,  who  had  been  surprised  to  see  Jeffords  thus 
released  from  custody  without  a  second  trial  for  the  second  crime, 
proposed  to  the  J)istrict  Attorney  to  have  him  "shadowed"  by  a 
skillful  detective,  who  should  fall  into  acquaintance  and  intimacy 
with  him,  and  so  obtain  the  needed  clues  to  other  circumstances 
of  a  character  to  complete  the  evidence. 

Nfi-.  "Watei-bury  felt  th(!  strongest  obligations  of  a  civic  as  well 
as  of  official  duty  which  called  for  a  conviction  in  such  a  case.  If 
such  a  crime,  pei'petrated  with  an  audacity  so  defiant  of  the  public 
justice,  should  be  crowned  with  impunity  and  triumph,  no  peace- 
able citizen's  life  would  be  safe  on  the  best  streets  of  New  York 
against  the  hand   of  murder,  whether  prompted  by  greed  or  by 


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307 


revenge.  The  profligate  hal)its  of  the  criminal  thus  allowed  to  go 
at  largo  rendered  the  task  of  the  detective  no  very  difficiilt  one, 
notwithHtanding  that  JefTerds  was  informed  by  his  mother  that 
she  was  told  that  liis  new  associate  was  a  policeman,  lie  let  out 
wheie  he  had  bought  the  pistol,  and  (iven  ('onf(!SS(!d  the  first 
murder,  for  which  Ik;  knew  that  lie  coulti  not  now  be  tried  again  ; 
ind(!e(|,  in  his  cups,  he  had  rather  a  tendency  to  boast  of  it.  He 
was  arrested  and  tried  for  tlie  second  murder,  that  of  Mathews. 
The  ('as(^  was  still  a  difJicidt  one,  b(ung  almost  wholly  one  of  cir- 
cumstantial evidence,  sinc(^  a  detectiv<^'s  testimony  to  confi'ssions 
was  V(!iy  «|U('Stionablcv,  It  also  invoivtid  the  curious  point,  that  the 
Walton  murder,  for  which  the  criminal  was  now  safe,  had  virtually 
to  be  tried  over  again;  not  to  convict  him  lor  it,  but  to  fasten  it 
upon  liiin  as  a  vital  element  in  the  proof  of  the  other  '.iiurdcr 
which  had  growJi  out  of  it  ;  the  two  being  insc^parable,  mid  it 
being  conced(!d  that  \w  (.ould  not  Ix;  convicted  of  the  second 
muider  unless  he  liad  committed  the  first,  there  being  otherwise 
no  pi'oof  of  motive. 

The  trial  lasted  a  week.  Judge  Waterbury's  management  of 
the  witnesses  was  very  masterly,  and  liis  address  to  tlie  jury  was  a 
model  of  dear  exposition,  lucid  amdysis,  effective  groui)ing  of  a 
large  variety  of  details,  all  coiivcjrgiiig  to  the  fiK^al  point  of  demoii- 
.stration  and  ccmviction,  and  of  that  calm  and  dignified  strength, 
conscientiously  directed  to  a  righteous  objeiit,  which  became  a 
public  prosecutor  who  felt  his  high  but  painfid  function  to  be  that 
of  a  priesthood  in  tlui  tempU;  of  justice.  It  was  in  the  course  of 
this  address  that  he  repelled  in  llu^  language  above  cpioted  an 
attempt  that  was  made  by  the  defense*  to  prejudice  tlu*  jury  by  tint 
imputation  of  a  vindictive  excess  of  zeal  in  the  prosecution,  giv- 
ing it  a  character  of  persecutioJi.  When  he  sat  down  all  felt  the 
doom  of  the  criminal  to  be  sealed,  and  the  jury  were  so  completely 
satisficMl  that  upon  n'tiring  they  inunediately  voted  by  ballot,  with 
out  di.S(ru.ssion,  that  he  was  guilty. 

This  trial  won  high  praise*  for  Judge  Waterbury  for  the  forensic 
power  displaye(l  by  the  District  Attorney,  and  b(>tter  si  ill,  the 
respect  of  ail  who  had  followed  it,  for  the  man.  The  wnitched 
murderer  eventually,  howev«ir,  escaped  the  doom  of  the  scaffold. 
He  wiis  killed  in  prison  by  a  fellow-convict,  in  an  affray  provoked 
by  the  reckless  violetice  of  character  which  had  thus  conducted 
him  to  its  foot.  A  lawyer  present  at  this  trial  (since  a  distin- 
guished judge),  Inferring  to  Waterbury's  success  as  public  prose,'- 


308 


AIM'KNDIX    U. 


1 


i- 


I     f- 


cutor,  said  that  "Speakinf^  witliout  notes,  ho  had  a  habit,  when  ho 
had  finislind  a  point,  of  hitting  liis  eyelids  close  for  a  few  si^conds, 
while  he  selected  the  next  that  he  would  ])resent.  It  thus  hecamo 
an  axiom  among  the  frequenters  of  th(!  court,  that  when  the  dis- 
trict attorney  shut  his  eyes  the  prisoner's  last  chance  was  gone." 

'^riie  signal  success  of  Judg*^  Waterbury  as  a  prosecuting  officer 
was  du(*  to  an  unusual  (H)mbination  of  qualities — those  qualities, 
mental  and  moral,  which  have  been  a])ove  indicated.  His  quick- 
iK^ss  of  perception,  rennirkable  memory  of  facts  and  faculty  of  coor- 
dinating them,  firmness  of  purpose,  (conscientiousness,  and  intense 
earnestness,  would  carry  his  juries  along  witli  liim  almost  uncon- 
sciously. His  firmness  was  as  manifest  as  was  his  fearlessness.  If 
he  felt  any  doubt  of  a  person's  guilt,  he  would  frankly  say  .so. 
[le  would  luiver  pn^hs  a  jui'or  into  the  box  to  whom  an  objection 
could  be  made  with  the  smallest  show  of  reason.  No  testimony 
offered  by  a  prisoner  was  excluded  unless  it  was  so  clearly  incom- 
petent as  to  be  a  merti  waste  of  time;  and  no  prisoner  failed  to 
have  a  material  witness  because  he  could  not  himself  procure  him, 
if  the  public  jnoiu^y  could  bring  him.  13ut  while  lie  thus  gave 
every  fair  and  proper  chance,  even  to  the  most  guilty,  and  no  word 
nor  act  ever  nianifested  the  least  spirit  of  injustice  to  tin  i)risoner, 
even  in  the  mind  of  the  District  Attorney,  this  very  conduct  of  the 
prosecution  gave  additional  force  against  him,  so  that  it  became 
almost  a  settled  axiom,  that  for  Waterbury  to  try  was  to  convict, 
unless  he  himself  declared  to  the  jury  that  the  case  involved  some 
reasonable  doubt. 

If  I  have  dwelt  a  litth;  on  this  feature  of  Judge  Waterbury's 
professional  life,  it  is  not  alone  because  I  regard  it  as  signally  hon- 
orable to  him,  but  with  a  view  to  present  it  as  a  model,  alike  in  its 
nol)leness  of  method  an(i  in  its  practical  success,  to  all  to  whom  is 
assigned  the  delicata  function  of  the  public  prosecutor, — a  function 
which  in  Krance  is  called  and  tlieoretically  regarded  as  a  mmjis- 
fraci/,  though  we  so  rarely  see  it  exercised  in  the  semi-judicial  spirit 
befitting  that  title.  In  the  present  instancie,  I  really  think  it  was 
performed  in  a  spirit  not  less  sincerely  judicial  than  if  the  District 
Attori\ey  had  been  sitting  on  the  bench  instead  of  pleading  be- 
fore it. 

It  may  .seem  strange  that  such  a  model  District  Attorney  was 
not  re-elected  on  the  expiration  of  his  term  in  1861,  but  the  reason 
for  that  was  an  additional  honor  to  Judge  Waterbury's  name, 
l^efoi'e  the  close  of  his  term  he  had  felt  it  his  duty  to  bring  before 
the  Grand  Jury  and   investigate  certain  action  of  the  Common 


I! 


AI'I-ENDrX    ir. 


3()!> 


be- 


Council,  for  which  it  was  reported  that  large  sums  of  money  had 
been  paid.  The  members  of  that  body,  the  inlhiential  local  poli- 
ticians of  the  wards,  to  whom  such  a  propjcution  by  such  a  prose- 
cutor opened  up  a  vista  in  which,  through  the  stages  of  exposure 
and  disgorgenuMit,  the  cells  of  Sing-Sing  closed  the  perspective 
before  thcnn,  saw  in  Judge  VVaterbury  (though  himself  u  zealous 
and  active  Democratic  politician)  at  once  their  foe  and  their  fate. 
The  (candidate  of  the  Republicans  was  indorsed  by  the  Moz-art 
branch  of  the  Democratic  party  controlled  by  the  then  Mayor  of 
the  city,  and  though  Judge  Waterbury  ran  7,000  ahead  of  his 
ticket,  he  was  defeated  hy  only  ahout  900.  Had  he  been  nvelected 
to  continue  the  campaign  of  investigation  and  prosecution  theu 
opened  by  him,  it  seems  probable  that  the  noxious  plant  of  muni- 
cipal corruption,  already  vigorously  started  in  a  rank  soil,  could 
never  have  flowered  out  into  the  sphuidid  and  gorgeous  prop(»r 
tions  it  attaiuinl  just  ten  years  aftctrwards,  when  tlu*  (ixposui'c;  of 
its  enornu)Us  growth  alarmed  the  whole  country,  and  added  to  the 
American  language  a  word  which,  as  the  name  of  a  man  now 
gone  to  his  last  account,  has  become  the  name  of  a  thing  which 
unhappily  is  not  yet  equally  defunct. 

The  (ixtraordiiiary  vigilance  and  efficiency  of  Judge  VVaterbury's 
dischiirge  of  the  duties  of  this  ollice  were  curiously  brought  out  to 
public  light  soon  afterwards.  The  Board  of  Supervisors  had 
voted  to  raise  the  salary  of  his  succes.sor  from  $.'),000  to  $7,000. 
Tlw-  Mayor,  Mr.  Opdyke,  a  Republican,  vetoed  the  measiire,  in  a 
message  in  which  he  contrasted  the  work  of  Judge  Waterbury  in 
th(>  last  year  of  liis  term  (lM(il),  with  those  of  the  proposed  bene- 
liciary  of  the  increase  of  the  salary  in  the  oidy  year  of  his  tiuK? 
(18(12)  which  had  ('lapsed.  The  Mayor's  figures  were  as  follows, 
to  which  are  appended  the  results  of  the  contrast.  Dealing  with  a 
question  reftu'ring  to  Judge  VVaterbury,  he  seejn<Ml  to  ha,ve  caught 
a  little  of  his  genius  for  figures  tabulated  in  statistical  foi-ni  to 
pi'ove  important  facts. 


No.  of  indiotnients  found  l»y  the 

Gr^nd  Jury,  .  .  . 

"     of  convictions, 
"      "  acquittals, 

"    sent  to  City  Prison,  .  .  . 

"  Penitentiiuy, 
"      "  State  I'risou, 
Aggregate  of  .sentences  to  State  Prison 
other  than  for  life, .  . 


1861. 

ISOi. 

Decrease. 

F'ercentnge  of 
Decrease  I'roiu 
18(11. 

1,239 

949 

290 

.23 

('.no 

:599 

391 

.42 

154 

97 

57 

.37 

7<J 

59 

20 

.25 

245 

1.37 

108 

.44 

279 

114 

165 

.59 

977iy.338jy.  638|years.    .(i5 


iukfcii 


310 


Al'I'KNDIX    I' 


Tlio  strutlloHt.  docroaso  wjus  in  tho  number  of  indictments  found 
l)y  tlio  (} rand  Jury.  In  th(!  pr()H{icutiun  of  tho  iiidictiiuMits,  the 
decniiiso  wuh  nut  as  gn-at  in  the  uwiuittais  as  in  tho  convictions. 
In  the  punisliments,  tlio  decrease  waH  hirger,  as  thi^y  increased  in 
severity,  until  in  the  iiggntgate  of  sentences  to  the  State  Prison, 
whicli  incrludes  both  the  number  sent  and  tlie  iengtii  of  Uunr  t(;rmH, 
the  decreas(^  was  nearly  two-thirds  of  the  total  for  IMOI.  As  the 
samrt  judges  presided  each  year,  the  comparison  illustrates  the  i.i- 
lluence  (ixerted  by  an  ellicient  prosccMitor  over  the  entire  adminis- 
tration ol'  the  criminal  hiw.  It  Is  no  wttnd<M"  that  the  Mayor  (H)id(i 
see  no  good  reason  lor  an  increase  of  pay  to  remunerate  so  great 
a  falling  f)!!'  in  iHuformanc-e.  It  would  be  still  higher  crtMlit  to 
.luilge  VValerbury,  nnd  praise  to  his  administration,  if  we  slwnild, 
without  any  compiirative  disparagement  to  that  of  his  successor, 
ac(rept  the  BUpi)osition  that  the  dcitcirrent  induentie  of  the  certainty  of 
punishment,  wliich  had  grown  up  under  the  fornuM",  combined  with 
those  wholesome!  moral  inlluences  of  a  dilfiM'ent  character  of  which 
mention  has  becm  made  above,  had  so  acted  on  the  vicious  habits 
of  the  criminal  classes  of  the  city  as  really  to  have  wrought  tlu? 
elTect  of  producing  so  great  a  rculuction  in  the  fi'etjuency  and  grav- 
ity of  tluiir  ofl'ens(!S  against  the*  law  and  the  public  justice. 

When  the  news  reached  New  Ynvk  of  the  lire  opened  on  Fort 
Sumter,  in  tin;  harbor  of  t.'harhiston,  in  April,  Lstll,  .ludge  Water- 
bury  was  selected  by  the  Democratic  (Jemn-al  Committee  of  the 
city  of  New  York  to  draft  an  (expression  of  its  scoitiments 
(the  duty  of  drafting  impoi'ta.nt  resolutions  was  one  frequently 
deferred  to  liim),  and  his  cit^ar,  strong,  aiid  patriotic  resolutions 
wene  ado])ted  with  (Mithusiasm,  and  wei'e  greatly  elTective  in  giv- 
ing hop(!  and  (tourag*^  to  tlu;  ui)holders  of  the  Union  evcu-ywhtire, 
as  an  authcuitiir  declaration  of  thee  opinion  of  the  mass  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic pyrty  in  theii-  gn.'at  stronghold.  'rh(;y  are  a]ipeiided  in 
a  note,*  as  the  best  [tossibh;  presentation  of  the  ideas  of  a  "  War 

*  irA'/vv/N,  'I'liis  (Jeiifnil  (JoinniiMco,  and  liiose  llicy  represent,,  iiiivts.  lo 
t.lic  present  time,  Ix'cii  Ilit-  consistent  iKlvticalcs  of  Uw.  risj^lits  of  every  sec- 
tion of  our  country,  and  the  linn  defenders  of  Mie  (.'onsthntional  rij^iits  of 
t\w  Soulliern  jieoiile,  to  i)rotccli(!n  from  every  spcjeicsol'  ussault  uim)ii  their 
jjccuiinr  donirslic  institutions,  nnd  liavc  always  maintained  tiieir  riijlit  to 
share,  upon  <'(£uital)Ie  terms,  in  tJicsctticiiient  of  tlu!  National  domain,  and 
have  made  resolute  and  strenuous  (ilTorts  to  secure  an  adjustment  of  the 
whole  matter  in  controversy,  upon  a  basis  at  once  just  and  liberal  toward 
liie  South,  and  li(moral)le  to  our  wliole  country;  and 

Wliereux,  Several  of  the  Southern  States  have  assumed  the  position  of 


AVI'KNDIX    I'. 


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to 

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1 1  ho 

or 


DcMiiocnit."  Kv(Mi  vvliilo  r«M'liii^  Im»iiii<I  to  iiadw  I.Ii;iI,  not.  It«ss  con 
8ci(witi()iiHly,  nor  less  pjitrioticiilly,  (Imii  .hidjic  VVjilcrlmty  Fniniod 
them,    the   vvritiM-  of  fchoso  pHj^os  would    liuv(»    Ikhmi   coniitollcd   to 

viohMil  rc'sislan(!C  to  the  Niitioiiiil  iiutliority,  wliicli  rcHisliiiicc  lias  Itccin  nr- 
ricd  to  tlu)  (!,\toMt  of  actiiid  war,  niaiiifcMtntl  l»y  oulniijos  on  tlic  lla;;  ol  llic 
United  Slates;  the  forciljlc  scizuro  of  llicir  fortillcalioiis  and  jiropcrly;  tlic 
prc|)aralioM  of  extensive  arnianientsaiid  liatteiies  for  assault  upon  the  forces 
of  the  nation;  llu!  hoiniiarduKMU  ol'  Fori  Sumter;  and,  linally,  hy  an  invi 
tation  to  tlie  frucliootcrs  of  the  \vorhl,to  proy  upon  the;  conuiHsrce  of  our 
peopI(!;  and 

\\7ii  r(tis.  The  rulor.s  of  the  Seceded  Slat(!s,  hy  tlic  nieasincs  aloreijaid, 
iiave  coninu'iiced  a  civil  war  upon  tlu-  United  Stales,  tlM'ealenin,y:  liieir 
existence  as;i.  National  power;  and 

W/Hiritti,  The  ineniliers  of  the  Democratic  party— a  I)arty  whose  history 
is  the  record  of  an  eminent  and  succtessful  part  in  the  forinalioH  of  onr 
institutions,  the  adnnnisliation  of  our  (loveiiiment,  ;iiid  the  piosperity  of 
our  country,  are  especially  .called  uju)!!  Iiy  all  the  memories  of  I  he  past,  and 
all  the  hopes  of  th(^  future,  to  rally  with  promptness  and  vij^or  to  the  di 
fenae  of  their  country  a<?ainst  all  foes,  whether  at  home!  or  ahroad;  there 
fore, 

ItiSidrcil,  That  the  Democracy  of  this  city  are  he.irtily  uniled,  with  all 
of  its  citizens,  :is  OIK!  man,  to  uphold  the  Conslitution,  enforce  the  laws, 
maintain  the  Union,  dei'end  the  Ulau,  and  prolecl  the  Capital  of  Ihese  Unile(| 
States,  ill  the  I'lill  and  liriii  lielief  thai  this  preseivalioii  of  oiir  national 
unity  is  the  only  security  for  llu;  riyhls,  liiierlies,  and  power  of  our  own 
peo|ile.  and  the  ureatesl  hope  of  op))resse((  humanity  Ihroiii^houl  the  world. 

Jicsii/nd,  That  tliis  rally  for  the  coiuilry  is  nohly  and  wisely  ma<le  hy 
our  whole  people,  irrespe(;tive  of  party  oruanizations,  and  without  reijard 
to  past  dilferences  of  oj)inion  or  action,  for  the  piiipose  of  snstaiiiiiiii,'  the 
(iovernment  in  tin;  exercise  of  its  powtM's  :ind  duties  as  the  constitiiled 
authority  of  the  nation;  and  that  in  the  same  spirit,  and  for  the  same  piir 
pose,  all  questions  as  to  what  has  iKseii  done  or  omitted  in  the  way  of  con- 
cession and  concilialion,  and  all  (juestions  respectinn-  the  course  and  jxilicy 
of  the  Administration,  should  lie  forgotten  until  the  national  honor  has 
lieen  vindicated,  and  the  national  power  lirnily  eslaltlisiied. 

Ri'Kctriil.  That  the  unanimity  and  spirit  with  which  the  people  of  the  North 
have  responded  to  the  call  of  the  President  for  iii.iterial  aid  in  the  present 
crisis,  should  not  It<'  taken  as  an  indication  of  Hie  least  desire,  or  even  vvil 
lin.i^iu'ss  on  their  part,  to  wai'  upon  the  jieopleof  the  South;  liiil  only  asjiii 
evidence  of  their  determiiialiou  to  preserve  the  Union,  as  a  hiessin.i;'  of  in- 
estimahle  value,  and  to  defend  the  sacred  Fla.ijof  our  e(uintry,  which  com- 
mands the  honia,u;e  of  all  our  hearts;  and  of  their  intlexiiile  resolve  that 
Bunker  Hill  and  Mount  Vernon,  New  York  and  New  Orleans  shall  never 
be  dissevered. 

liesolced.  That  we  cannot  disrcirard  the  evidimces  which  have  lieen  pre- 
sented, that  in  many  parts  of  the  Soutli,  the  resistance  to  the  National 
power  has  been  ai  etunplished  by  the  terrorism  of  mob  rule,  and  against 


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oppoM^  fliciii,  tiiiil  to  siippt<i1  riitlici'  tlic  policy  «^\pl•(>ss<'(l  by  Ojmi- 
oml  Scott  uihI  Mr.  (in-dcy.  in  tlu*  t^xprcMsioii,  "  Kiriiij;  SiHt*^!^, 
go  ill  pcwo,"  in  tiit>  (inn  coiivictioii  tlint  \vhh  rliati  liv<>  yciirH 
vvdiiM  liiivc  witiicHstHJ  a  sum  return,  :iii(l  a  Ix'ttrr  Hniinnit.  Mut 
victory  crowned  the  policy  ol'  the  wur,  which  wuh  not  less  a  coiillict 
of  idcns,  iiikI  princMplcs,  mid  coiiHcii'iiccs,  lliaii  of  iirniH.  Kv<*ry  nijiirs 
duly  in  8U<'h  linics  and  cvciitu,  wiis  what  wan  dictated  t(»  hini  by 
his  own  soul.  I  f  iiiiii;^led  good  and  evil  hav(*  iieeii  its  residts.  so 
would  lh(\v  liiiv(^  been  (d'  a.  dilTen'tit  is-tiie.  Happily,  till  can  now 
meet  fraternally  on  the  ground  of  iiiiitual  respect  :iiid  self-iespect, 
oblivion  of  the  old  uniinositi((H,  and  all   be  at  oiuf   in    recrogiiiziiig 

that 

" 'I'lirre's  II  f)iviiiilv  tliiit  sliiipt's  oiu' cads, 
Uniiyli  hew  llicia  how  we  will.  " 

'I'he  truth  is,  tliat  th<'  "  nanduirners  "  of  IHIS,  the  friends  of 
\'an  IJureii,  ami  the  avengers  of  Silas  Wright,  did  not  beli(!ve  in  tluj 
reality  of  tho  long  threatened  "danger  to  the  I'nion"  from  the 
anti-slavery  agittition.  History  soon  taiiglit  them  better,  when  the 
Whig  party,  after  1H,')'2,  assuming  the  lunv  name  of  the  "  Uepubli- 
can  "  party,  made!  with  tht^  Abolitionists,  on  the  large  national  .scale, 
tliat  same  alliance  which  the  >' TJariiburiun's "  in  N('w  York  had 
virtually  entered  into  for  a  momentary  occasion,  as  thoy  deemed,  on 
the  "  HulTalo  platform."  Tho  result  was,  that  FreiiKJiit  was  all  but 
elected  in  isr)(5,  Lincoln  elected  in  ISflO  ;  and  tho  dread  history  of 

tlie  interests  and  wishes  of  the  conservative  classes,  cnihraciiijuf  a  large  por- 
tion of  the  (ixtensive  owners  of  slaves;  and  wo  yet  look  to  Tennesse(!  and 
I\<'iitU(ky,  eontainini;;  tlie  tombs  of  An(h('W  Jackson  and  Henry  Clay,  and 
the  homes  of  James  Guthrie,  Joim  J.  Ch'ittcnden,  and  Andrew  Johnson,  in 
the  hope  that  their  fld(^lity  to  the  Union  and  th(!  National  Flag  will  bo 
maintained  amid  all  the  difhculties  of  their  position;  and  wc  pliMlgc  our- 
selves to  those  Slates,  and  to  all  the  loyal  men  of  the  South,  to  defend  tiie 
Constitutional  rights  and  interests  of  every  section  of  the  Union,  at  all 
times  and  under  all  cireumstancos,  with  the  .same  Zealand  tidelity  with 
which  we  will  uphold  tlie  National  power,  and  aid  in  the  piomi)t  and 
proper  puui.shinent  of  all  traitors. 

liesolwd.  That  we  have  witnessed  with  pride  and  adnnration  the  calm 
and  fovb(!aring  |)08scssion  and  huroi(!  defciusc  of  Fort  Hiuntcr,  by  Miijor 
Robert  Anderson,  a  gallant  and  noble  son  of  Kentucky,  and  for  his  patri- 
otic efforts  for  peace,  his  brilliant  defense  of  his  Flag,  and  his  inanlj'  refusal 
to  surrender  to  the  enemy,  we  render  to  hiiu  our  heartfelt  thanks;  and  that 
all  who  may  distinguish  themselves  in  the  service  of  this  glo"ious  Union 
in  its  present  peril,  will  be  honored  throughout  the  country,  and  enshrined 
in  every  patriotic  heart  throughout  all  time. 


aM'kndix  r. 


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tlic  four  yoara  tlmt,  su('(!(««1«mI  wc  all  know,  hh  rIho  i\w  Hccoiidary 
('()iiM»'(|ut!nriis  to  the  whole  coiiiitry,  inorul,  political,  and  iiKliistriiil, 

lit  lialci'iil 


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fh'u'h  have  traiUul  through 


4ky,  like  the  tail  of 


liave 

coinot,  from  then  even  till  now.  Like  Seymour  and  Tilden.  Mr. 
Waterhury  and  the  bulk  of  the  party  known  as  "  War  DeinocratH  " 
HUp|)()rted  the  government  with  steady  lirinness  and  zeal  in  vho 
sustainnient  and  enforcement  of  the  llnioii,  (hough  neither  he  nor 
they  ever  gave  any  approval  to  many  ariiitrary  acts  of  tlur  party  in 
power,  in(;idental  to  the  prosecution  of  the  war,  which  were  deemed 
to  IxMiot  less  unnecessary  than  they  were  in  violation  of  estal)lish(>(| 
priiK^iples  of  law  and  the;  croiihtitution. 

In  the  full  of  iHd'i,  Judge  Waterlmry  was  noniinat»>d  for  iiiemlier 
of  Congress  liy  all  of  tlu(  thr(('  organizalions  into  which  his  party 
was  at  that  time  (livided.  His  «'lection  was  certain,  the  Demociatic 
majority  in  the  city  and  in  his  district  being  overwlmlming.  Miit 
there  was  a  close  contest  for  the  governorship  iietweeii  Horatio 
Seymour  and  (Jeneral  Wadswortli,  in  which  the  I'oniKM-  had  to  a 
considc^rable  exUmt  the  support  of  the  "Old  Liiic^  Wings,"  an 
induential  iuxly  of  men  in  all  the  large  counties  of  the  State.  <  )ne 
of  their  number,  Janu^s  Brooks,  Editor  of  the  h'.ipress,  desired 
strongly  to  go  to  Congress  from  Judge  Waterbury's  di8tri(;t,  which 
he  had  formerly  represented  as  a  Whig  of  the  Clay  and  Web- 
ster times,  it  was  a  siil)ject  of  coinplaint  on  the  part  of  that 
inttirest  throughout  tlu*  Stati;  that,  while  they  \v^n•^'  /.(piously 
supporting  the  Democratic  party,  they  wen'  not  even  allowed  a 
single  member  of  Congress.  They  pressed  their  claim  for  a  seat 
from  the  city,  and  Mr.  Hrooks  was  their  most  promincMit  representa- 
tive man.  It  was  deemed  important  towards  securing  the  election 
of  tiov.  Seymour  that  their  IU!W  Democratic  synipathies  should  not 
be  chilled  by  refusing  them  this  satisfaction.  Judge  Wuterbiuy 
consented  that  the  question  of  his  withdrawal  in  favor  of  Mr. 
Brooks  should  be  referred  to  CJharles  O'Conor,  John  Kcilly,  and  a 
third  person  whom  Mr.  Brooks  should  select.  The  result  was  that 
it  was  deemed  judicious  that  Mr.  Hrooks  and  his  party  slioiild  be 
gratified,  and  Mr.  Waterbury  at  once  withdrew,  unwilling  that  in 
the  event  of  Gov.  Seymour's  defeat  ho  should  appear  to  have  con- 
tributed to  that  result  by  not  having  appeased  that  dis.satisfaction 
on  the  part  of  the  "Old  Line.  Whigs."  The  local  disappointment 
was  very  great.  Indeed,  the  Hon.  Elliott  C.  Cowdin,  who  was  the 
Republican  candidate,  stated  that  he  would  have  withdrawn  in  Judge 
Waterbury's  favor  rather  than  that  the  latter  should  retire.  Though 
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Judge  Waterbury  did  not  believe  that  the  result  iii  the  State  would 
be  controlled  by  his  action,  he  preferred,  if  the  n^presentative  men 
of  his  party  would  take  the  responsibility,  to  avoid  any  possibility 
of  the  imputations  which  might  attend  an  adverse  result.  He  has 
several  times  since  been  urged  to  be  a  candidate  for  Congress, 
with  a  certainty  of  election,  but'  he  felt  constrained  to  adhere  to 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  This  is  to  be  regretted,  for  it  is 
certain  he  would  have;  made  one  of  the  most  useful  and  influential 
members  of  that  body,  and  have  done  good  service  to  ou!' country. 

Gov.  Seymour  tendered  to  Judge  VVatei'bury  the  position  of 
Judge-Advocate-General  of  the  State,  and,  fearing  tliat  he  would 
not  accept  it,  requested  the  late  William  Cassidy,  then  the  Editor 
of  the  Albany  Argus,  to  visit  New  York  and  urge  Mr.  Waterbury  to 
take  the  office  as  a  matter  both  of  personal  frieudshi[)  and  of  public 
duty.  He  finally  consented,  l)ecau.se,  though  nominally  a  mihtary 
position,  it  was  really  a  law  oHice,  and  the  dark  days  were  come 
which  gave  it  an  importance  not  attaching  to  it  in  the  ordin- 
ary "piping  times  of  peace."  it  carried  the  lawful  rank  and  title 
of  Brigadier-General,  but  Judge  Wateibury  had  so  little  taste  for 
military  display  by  mere  civilians,  that  he  never  wore  his  uniform 
in  public  but  on  a  single  occasion,  and  habitually  refused  to  answer 
to  the  salutation  of  "  General."  Among  the  great  number  of  our 
"generals,"  he  therefore  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  perhaps 
the  only  man  who  refused  to  be  styled  by  that  title,  so  that  we 
have  to  adhere  to  the  old  customary  designation  of  -'Judge." 

In  the  first  year  of  his  service  occui-red  the  ttjrrible  New  Vork 
riots  of  July,  18G3.  They  b(^gan  on  a  Sunday,  and  Judge  Water- 
bury reached  the  city  on  the  evening  of  Monday,  and  after  that 
was  constantly  on  duty.  Gov.  Seymour,  who  arrived  in  the  city  on 
Tuesday  morning,  had  great  confidence  in  his  ability  and  tact,  and 
found  in  him  a  most  efficient  aid.  On  Wednesday  noon  he  sug- 
gested to  the  (lovernor  that  the  chief  cause  of  trouble  was  less  a 
riotous  dispv)sition  on  the  part  of  the  people,  than  their  enforced 
idleness,  business  having  been  ellectually  stopped  by  the  fact  that 
neither  omnibuses  nor  railroad  cars  were  running.  The  Governor 
authorized  him  in  his  name  to  take  measures  to  remedy  this  state 
of  things.  Proceeding  alone  in  a  cannage  to  the  various  depots 
and  stables,  he  saw  before  midnight  tlie  representatives  of  over 
twenty  of  some  twenty-six  railroad  and  stage  lines,  generally  situ- 
ated in  the  midst  of  the  riotous  district  (a  service  of  no  small 
danger  and    daring) ;  and   using  words  of  mingled  entreaty  and 


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authority  arcording  to  circumstances,  and  working  with  his  charac- 
teristic earnestness  and  tact,  he  induced  them  all  to  listen  to  his 
proposals  and  enter  into  his  views.  They  were  very-  apprehen- 
sive of  the  consequences  by  reason  of  the  threats  which  had  heim 
made  by  the  leaders  of  the  rioters  that  their  buildings  should  be 
burned  if  they  should  recommence  business,  but  Judge  Waterbury 
arranged  with  them  that  military  forces  shoiild  be  stationed  at 
various  convenient  points  for  the  protection  of  their  property. 
Keacliing  the  police  headquarters  at  one  o'clock  in  the  >"orning,  he 
wrote  an  order  by  the  Governor  to  Ma,jor-(ieneral  Sandford  to 
detail  a  military  force  to  each  of  the  several  places  designated,  and 
to  have  them  at  their  posts  by  five  a.  m..  and  handed  it  to  the 
clerk  of  the  commissioners  to  be  imnu'diately  delivered.  All  was 
thoroughly  combined  and  executed,  and  worked  like  magic,  and  at 
an  early  hour  the  people  were  delighted  l)y  the  customary  sight 
and  sound  of  the  public  vehicles,  not  less  cheering  to  them  than 
was  the  simultaneous  sunlight,  for  it  was  the  best  assurance  that 
order  was  restored.  If  Judge  Waterbury  had  chosen  to  accept  his 
lawful  title  of  "(jrcneral"  (by  which  (Idv.  Heymour  always  persists 
in  addressing  him),  he  certainly  hud  on  this  critical  occasion  fairly 
earned  it;  and  by  better  means,  and  the  display  of  better  qualities 
of  good  sense  and  good  feeling  combined  with  courage,  than  those 
required  for  the  winning  of  the  crimsoned  honors  of  the  battle- 
field. 

'{'he  provoking  cnuse  of  these  riots  had  been  the  dis[)roportion- 
ate  and  imfair  allotment  for  th(^  draft  made  against  the  city;  an 
injustice  the  more  irritating  because,  in  its  exeaution,  it  was  made 
to  bear  with  a  peculiar  degree  of  oppression  upon  a  particular 
nationality.  It  looked  very  much  like  a  political  discrimination 
against  a  Democratic  population;  at  the  same  time  it  admitted 
])erhaps  the  palliation  that  those  who  arranged  the  allotments  may 
have  supposed  tliat  our  Irish  fellow-citizens  have  such  a  natural 
love  and  genius  iov  fiijhting  that  they  might  rather  like  than  other- 
wise the  being  conscripted  for  the  war,  in  however  excessive  a 
disproportion,  (rovernor  Seymour  directed  the  Judge-Advocate- 
(Jeneral  to  investigate  the  facts  in  relation  to  the  imrolment  in  the 
metropolitan  cities  of  New  York  and  Brooklyn  as  a  basis  for  tli(^ 
draft  of  soldiers.  After  an  examination  made  with  his  usual 
thoroughness,  accuracy,  and  exhaustiveness.  Judge  Waterbury 
made  a  report  which  proved  to  demonstration  that  the  enrolment 
in  the  metropolitan  districts  was  twice  as  large  in  proportion  to 


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population  as  in  the  interior  counties  of  the  State.  He  proved 
the  political  character  of  the  enrolment  V)y  showing  that  while  the 
total  votes  in  186()  had  been,  for  the  Lincoln  and  Anti-Lincoln 
Congressional  districts,  respectively,  457,257  and  L5 1,253,  the 
conscripts  required  from  them  were,  respectively,  31>,f)2(i  and  .'53, - 
729;  and  that  while  in  1862  the  total  votes  in  the  Wadsworth  and 
Seymour  Congressional  districts  had  been,  respectively,  353,621 
and  186  255,  the  conscripts  required  from  them  were,  respectively, 
33,068  and  40,287.  Such  figures,  viz.,  40,000  conscripts  required 
in  the  Seymour  districts  (chiefly  New  York  and  Brooklyn)  from 
186,000  voters,  against  only  33,000  required  from  353,000  voters! 
The  calm  and  persuasive  demonstration  of  Judge  Waterbury's 
report  was  irresistible.  Nor  in  the  President  (Lincoln)  did  he 
encounter  any  other  than  a  fair  and  honest  spirit.  There  had  also 
been  great  unfairness  in  the  drawing.  "  In  the  drawing  in  the  })th 
district,  which  is  in  the  city  of  New  York,"  says  Judge  Waterbury 
in  his  masterly  report,  "so  far  as  the  list  was  published,  there  was 
a  great  disproportion  in  the  names  of  i)eople  of  a  particular  line- 
age, althouf;h  only  one-fourth  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  district 
were  born  in  Ireland.  I  called  the  attention  of  the  President  to 
this  fact,  and  suggested  to  him  that  such  a  result  could  not  be  con- 
tinued throughout  the  city  without  being  followed  by  a  belief  in 
the  public  mind  that  the  draft  had  been  unjustly  made.  He 
answered,  'Of  course  not';  and  added  with  an  earnestness  I  was 
glad  to  observe,  '  I  will  not  permit  either  a  real  or  an  apparent 
fraud.'  "  The  effect  of  Judge  "Waterbury's  report  was  that  a 
commission  was  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  "War  to  examine 
the  matter,  and  upon  its  report  the  quota  required  from  the  city 
was  reduced  by  20,000  men. 

In  May  1862,  Judge  Waterbury  was  elected  Grand  Sac'  nm  (or 
presiding  officer)  of  the  Tammany  Society,  and  served  one  year. 
At  the  close  of  1 8615,  he  retired  from  the  Tammany  General  (com- 
mittee, and  has  ever  sincte  been  an  unyielding  adversary  of  the 
virtual  domination  of  "  Tammany  Hall  "  ov(U"  the  Democracy  of 
New  York.  A  time  serving  politician,  (mc;  less  disinterested  in 
patriotism  and  democracy,  less  stern  and  uncompromising  in  his 
passion  for  political  purity  inseparable  from  public  economy — in  a 
word,  one  less  thoi'oughly  imbued  v.ith  the  spirit  of  the  idol  of  his 
youth,  and  the  exemplar  of  his  manhood,  Silas  Wright,  would  rather 
have  tended  to  keep  on  good  terms  with  the  leaders  controlling  the 
majority  of  his  party  in  the  great  city  of  his  own  residence.    But  such 


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is  not,  and  never  has  been  the  temper  of  Judge  Waterbmy.  Such 
a  man  must  necessarily  inake  many  formidable  political  enemies, 
but  they  respect  as  W(dl  a.s  dread  him,  even  on  the  field  of  irrecon- 
cilable conflict  between  them.  Jliiuself  fears  nothing  and  nobody, 
and  rather  exults  in  the  "  stern  joy  "  of  the  fight,  than  shrinks  from 
its  blows,  or  takes  account  of  his  own  interests  or  his  own  labors 
in  its  conduct.  At  the  same  time,  while  in  local  politics  for  muni- 
cipal reform,  and  honestly  economical  good  government,  he  is  thus 
uncompromising,  in  naticmal  politics  he  is  one  of  the  most  thorough, 
sound,  and  devoted  members  of  the  great  Democratic  party  of  the 
Union,  and  as  such  is  one  of  the  most  sagacious,  prudent,  and  prac- 
tical. He  is  a  truly  valuable  citizen  of  the  Union,  the  State,  and 
the  City,  to  all  of  which  he  has  nmdered — and  will  to  the  end,  con- 
tinue to  render — truly  valuable  patriotic  service.  0  si  .sic  omnes  ! 
Many  passages  in  the  life  of  Judge  Waterbury  have  been  neces- 
sarily omitted  from  this  honest  and  sincere,  wiiile  friendly  sketch 
of  him,  which  does  not  pretend  to  the  character  of  a  biography. 
One  other  only  will  be  numtioned.  In  1871,  an  Act  was  passed  by 
the  Legislature  for  the  appointment  of  three  ( 'ommissioners  to  revise 
the  Statutes  of  th(;  State.  Francis  Kernan,  the  present  eminent 
Senator  in  Congress,  who  was  appoin'^ed  as  one  of  them,  declined 
to  serve,  and  Governor  Hoffman  appointed  Judge  WaterV)ury  in 
his  place;  one  of  the  highest  tributes  of  compliment  that  could  be 
paid  to  a  lawyer  and  public  man.  Cov.  Hoffman  made  the  spon- 
taneous selection,  because  convinced  that  he  could  nt)t  find  abetter 
man  at  the  Bar  to  do  justic  to  the  work  involved.  When  the 
Commissioners  proceeded  to  their  work,  a  radical  difference  was 
found  to  exist  in  their  views.  The  majority  insisted  on  extensive 
amendments  of  the  statutes.*  Judge  Waterbury,  with  his  ever 
j^ractical  mind,  urged  that  such  a  course  would  inevitably  array, 
against  whatever  report  the  Couunissioners  sliould  make,  a  combin- 
ation of  interests  affected  by,  or  differing  in  opinion  from,  the 
sweeping  chang(!s  proposed,  resulting  in  the  proV)able  eventual 
defeat  of  the  work.  He  claimed  that  only  such  amendments  should 
be  made  upon  the  statutes,  already  not  very  long  before  revised, 
as  were  clearly  necessary,  nnint'ly,  such  as  were  merely  verbal. 
Each  side  i)resented  a  repoit  to  the  Legislature,  setting  forth  its 
views,  but  no  action  was  taken  by  that  body.  With  wide  differ- 
ences of  opinion  among  the  Commissioners,  which  continued  in 
spite  of  all  attempts  to  harmonize  them,  the  work  proceeded  but 
slowly.      Both  sides  again  submitted  conflicting  reports  to   the 


318 


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Jjegislaturc,  und  as  that  body,  after  the  lapse  of  two  weeks,  ftill 
took  no  action,  Judge  Waterlmry,  unwilling  to  Ak'aste  his  time  in 
what  ho  considered  useless  work,  resigned  the  uiiice.  Time  has 
justified  the  wisdom  of  his  views.  After  the  lapse  of  nearly  eight 
years  from  tlie  creation  of  tlie  commission,  and  a  cost  to  the  State 
of  a  quart(M'  of  a  million  of  dollars,  the  commission  has  ceased  to 
exist,  having  only  partially  accomplished  its  work,  of  which  only 
a  part  has  been  enacted  by  the  Legislature;  the  profession  is  pro- 
foundly divided  over  the  subject,  and  the  present  question  appears 
to  be,  not  whether  any  more  shall  be  adopted,  but  wliether  what 
has  been  (macted  shall  be  allowed  to  stand. 

Judge  Waterbury  is  a  son  of  Col.  Jonathan  Water  bury,  a  highly 
esteemed  citizen  of  New  York,  who  died  in  1821),  at  the  early  age 
of  thirty-one.  His  mother  was  Elizabeth  Jarvis,  daughter  of 
Elijah  Jarvis  (iiei)lKnv  of  Bishop  Jarvis),  and  of  Betsey  Chapman, 
daught(T  of  Dr.  Chapman,  a  distinguished  {)hysi('ian  of  that  day, 
of  Norwalk,  Connecticut.  Both  of  his  mother's  jjarents  were  car- 
ried off  by  yellow  fever,  in  New  York,  in  her  infancy,  in  the  year 
i  S(»  1 .  It  is  said  that  at  the  great  ball  given  by  the  city  to  Tjafayette, 
at  Castle  tJarden,  in  1824,  (\)l(mel  and  Mrs.  Waterbury  were  the 
handsom(!st  couple  in  the  room.  It  is  related  that  on  the  occasion 
of  that  ball,  the  streets  and  approaches  to  Castle  Garden  wen^  so 
blocked  by  the  crowds  of  carriages,  and  people  on  foot,  that  Colonel 
and  Mrs.  Waterbury  had  to  take  a  small  boat  at  the  foot  of  Court- 
landt  Street,  to  reach  the  scene  of  the  festivity. 

Judge  Waterbury  married  eai'ly  in  life.  Miss  Gibson,  a  lady 
whose  parents,  resident  in  Boston,  Mass.,  had  died  in  her  infancy; 
her  mother  was  of  the  Cooledge  family.  Sh(^  has  betm  ever  the 
blessing  and  solace  of  her  husband'i?  life.  They  have  three  lovely 
daughters,  and  one  son,  now  a  student  in  Colunil)ia  College, 
destined,  like  his  father,  to  the  profession  of  the  law.  Judge  Water- 
V)ury  is  one  of  the  most  amiable  and  unselfish  of  men,  and  a  true  and 
constant  fricmd,  too  often,  perhaps,  too  generous  a  one.  Among 
the  million  of  its  })opulation,  New  York  contains  no  more  affection- 
ate and  nnostentatiously  pious  a  home,  one  in  which  the  parents  are 
the  friends  and  companions  of  the  children;  nor  has  its  portal 
ever  yet  been  darkened  by  the  shadow  of  death.  Long  may  it 
continue  to  enjoy  that  favored  exemption. 


^ 


VALEDICTORY. 


I 


ady 
ncy; 

the 
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y  it 


"Aye,  thus  it  is!  One  _u;eii('nilion  coiues, 
Another  ,t!,<)es,  and  iniiigles  with  tiie  dnst. 
And  thus  we  come  mid  i^o,  ai.d  come  and  i^o, — 
Eacli  for  a  moincMil  tiliinn'  up 
Some  little  space.     And  tlius  we  disapi)eiir 
In  (|uick  succession.     And  it  shall  l)e  so 
Till  time  in  one  vast  perpetuity 
JJe  swallowed  up." 

By  the  guidance  and  support  of  Divine  Providence  we  liave  now- 
reached  tlie  end  of  our  labors,  liaving  completed,  to  the  extent 
of  our  ability,  tlit;  history  and  genealogy  of  the  "  Jarvis  Family." 
We  send  the  volume  forth  among  the  generations  of  the  Jarvises 
throughout  the  land,  in  the  hope  that  they  will  1)e  as  hajipy  and 
proud  as  we  oui'selves  are  in  rejoicing  in  the  fact  that  there  are 
and  have  l)een  many  very  eminent  and  jnous  members  of  the 
Family,  and  that  the  coimtry  has  been  much  benelited  by  the 
good  they  have  done.  It  is  the  hope  of  the  Authors  that  this 
little  volume  may  outlive  them  for  the  edification  and  instruction 
in  our  genealogy  of  the  many  gent^ations  yet  to  come  who  shall 
arise  and  call  their  progenitors  blessed. 

One  family  circle  is  but  the  reflex  and  epitome  of  the  great 
numbers  scattered  ov(^r  the  country.  We  hope  that  the  book  will 
bind  all  the  families  closer  in  the  bonds,  not  only  of  kinship,  but 
o(  friendship,  and  that  on  tlie  great  day  when  all  will  be  called 
together,  they  may  be  found  with  their  hands  clasped  and  their 
hearts  in  unis(m. 

That  the  importance  and  value  of  these  family  histories  are  daily 
becoming  mon;  manifest,  is  illustrated  by  the  fact  that  they  are 
increasing  in  numbers  year  by  year.  Few  persons,  comparatively, 
however,  duly  appreciate  their  importance,  or  are  aware  that  to  the 
same  feeling  among  the  Hebrews,  which  promjtted  their  produc- 
tion, we  owe,  under  Uod,  the  historical  portions  of  the  Bible.  Th(> 
history,  too,  of  the  most  ancient  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  as  (yhina, 


320 


VALEDICTOUY. 


Egypt,  Chaldea,  Babylonia,  etc.,  would  have  remained  unknown  to 
other  nations,  but  that  their  people  were  inspired  to  make  a  gene- 
alogy of  their  soverelijiis,  which  necessarilv  embodied  a  history  of 
their  country. 

P^roni  the  earliest  ages  genealogy  has  occupied  much  of  the 
attention  of  mankind,  and  whether  we  consiilt  sacred  or  profane 
history,  we  shall  find  the  extraction  or  derivation  of  the  individual 
always  considered  as  making  an  important  part  of  his  history. 

Although  the  actions  of  a  man  himself  are  the  truest  proof  of 
his  merit,  yet  it  is  im])ossible  for  the  mind  net  to  connect  with 
these  the  opinion  we  have  of  his  extraction.  And  so,  whoever 
pays  due  attention  to  the  natural  sentiments  of  mankind,  while  he 
keeps  clear  of  the  absurd  prejudice  which  gives  honor  and  respect 
to  extraction  alone,  will  acknowledge  that  the  actions  of  men  are 
not  the  only  ground  of  respectability  or  estimation  in  the  world. 

The  reader  will  observe  that  our  genealogy  is  more  minute  in 
some  families  than  in  others.  Our  original  plan  was  to  have  given 
only  so  much  of  the  genealogy  as  was  necessary  to  connect  the 
biography  of  the  successive  heads  of  the  Family,  and'pi'event  any 
doubt  about  the  descent,  but  we  found  a  pretty  general  inclination 
tc  have  the  line  traced  minutely,  and  have  thought  it  right  to  yield 
to  the  wish,  as  well  as  to  respect  the  opinion  of  such  a  number  of 
persons.  Respectfully, 

TH^.  AUTHORS. 


INDEX   IN   TWO  PARTS. 


i 


PART  1.— CHRISTIAN  NAMES  OF  PERSONS  HEARING  THE 
SURNAME  OF  .lARVIS. 

PART  II.— NAMES  OF  PERSONS  WHO  HAVE  MAlHilEI)  INTO 
THE  .lARVIS  FAMILY.  AN!)  NAMES  OF  DESCENDANTS  RKAR- 
IN(}  OTHER  SURNAMES. 

N.  B.  The  references  arc  to  the  numliers  opposite  the  names  on  the 
left-hand  side  of  each  page,  except  in  a  few  cases  where  the  number  of 
the  page  is  referred  to,  marked  (j)). 

The  number  in  large  type  at  the  head  of  each  family  record  is  the  num- 
ber of  the  'ather  or  mother,  as  the  case  may  be,  brought  forward  from  the 
margin  of  v.iepage  on  wliichthe  name  occurs  in  the  preceding  generation. 
The  number  given  in  the  Index  will,  therefore,  give  the  place  where  ii 
person's  name  occurs  in  his  or  her  father's  fanuly,  and,  by  looking  for  the 
same  number  in  the  large  type,  his  or  her  own  family  record,  if  there  be 
one,  can  be  found. 

PART    1. 
DESCENDANTS  NAMED  JARVIS. 


Name. 

No. 

Name. 

No. 

Aaron, 

1807 

Adiel, 

587 

Abatha, 

373 

Adoljihus, 

1509 

Abigail, 

73 

Albert  F., 

1676 

Abigail, 

126 

Albertina  8. , 

165 

Abigail, 

319 

Alfred, 

190 

Abigail, 

1996 

Alfred, 

1516 

Abigail, 

2027 

Algernon  Sydney, 

1963 

Abigail  Atkins, 

2053 

Alice. 

1043 

Abigail  C, 

1563 

Alice  B. . 

1068 

Abraham, 

4 

Alice  Maud, 

1937 

Abraham, 

10 

Alma, 

1545 

Abraham, 

21 

Almira, 

1797 

Abraham, 

41 

Almira, 

ia59 

Abraham, 

91 

Alonzo, 

2398 

Abraham, 

345 

Alvah, 

1506 

Abram, 

97 

Amanda, 

1865 

Abram, 

(p.)  120 

Amelia, 

101 

Adalinc  l'rs\da, 

355 

A  melia, 

•      225 

Atla  Dagma, 

1127 

Amelia, 

552 

Addie  Stone, 

1087 

Amelia  Ann, 

1960 

Adeline  Matilda, 

2354 

Amelia  Hyde, 

2347 

41 

I" 


1 


322 

INPKX. — 

PART    I. 

Naiuo. 

No. 

Name. 

No. 

Amelia  Jane, 

897 

Arthur  H.  K.  (Jervis), 

1707 

Amelia  Harali, 

789 

Artliur  Leonard  Fitz  Gerald, 

818 

Andrew  Jackson, 

3158 

Arthur  Murray, 

558 

Andrew  Spoonrr, 

2066 

Arthur  Murray, 

1142 

Andrew  Spooner, 

2103 

Asa, 

2885 

Andrew  Spooner, 

2107 

Asahel, 

1496 

Angelina, 

278 

Asahel, 

1497 

Angelina, 

1964 

Asahel, 

1623 

Ann, 

78,  188 

Asahel  Amos, 

1647 

Ann, 

2328 

Asahel  Hatch  (Jervis), 

1621 

Ann  Augusta, 

733 

Augusta, 

151 

Ann  Christina  Farmar, 

305 

Augusta, 

279 

Ann  Eliza, 

276 

Augusta  Lavinia, 

930 

Ann  Eliza, 

1084 

A 1 1  <:u8tin, 

2433 

Ann  Eliza, 

1773 

Augustine,    • 

1741 

Ann  Eliza, 

2138 

Aurelia  B., 

1629 

Ann  Elizabeth, 

155 

Aurelia  Content, 

1645 

Ann  Ellen, 

450 

Austin, 

33 

Ann  Frances, 

594 

Ann  Frances  Carr, 

2098 

Bainbridge, 

2288 

Ann  Olney, 

2245 

Belle, 

653 

Anna, 

168 

Benajah, 

1737 

Anna, 

289 

Benjamin, 

135 

Anna, 

1813 

Benjamin, 

381 

Anna  (Jervis), 

1830 

Benjamin, 

601 

Anna  Augusta, 

1896 

Benjamin, 

1938 

Anna  Head, 

2260 

Benjamin, 

2043 

Anna  Lee, 

2206 

Benjamin, 

3068 

Anna  Louisa, 

1732 

Benjamin  Atwater, 

328 

Anna  Maria, 

412 

Benjamin  Franklin, 

1778 

Anna  Maria, 

1662 

Benjamin  H. , 

1917 

Anna  Mary, 

843 

Benjamin  L., 

515 

Artna  Sprague, 

1651 

Benjamin  Sturges,      • 

330 

Anne, 

399 

Betsey, 

74 

Anne  Decima, 

588 

Betsey, 

79 

Anne  E. , 

1566 

Betsey  Stelle, 

2058 

Annie, 

1461 

Bill, 

1490 

Annie  E., 

1854 

Blanche  E., 

1431 

Annie  Elizabeth  Stewart, 

817 

Brewster, 

3420 

Annie  Flagg, 

2373 

Brice  W.. 

514 

Annie  G., 

3357 

Annie  G., 

2370 

Caleb, 

3334 

Annie  Ladd, 

2197 

Carlton, 

1813 

Antoinette  Augusta, 

601 

Caroline, 

393 

Arthur, 

592 

Caroline, 

584 

Arthur  Clay, 

1429 

Caroline, 

1958 

Arthur  Edward, 

2265 

Caroline, 

3133 

Arthur  Henry  Boyd, 

846 

Caroline, 

2346 

DKSCKNDANT8    NAMKD    JARVTM. 


3  2  a 


328 
1778 
11)17 
515 
320 
74 
79 
12058 
1490 
1431 
1 2420 
514 


2324 

|1812 

393 

584 

|1958 


3346 


Namo. 

No. 

Name. 

No. 

Caroline  A., 

8378 

Charles  Fitz, 

2181 

Cnrolino  Ameliii. 

418 

Charles  Frederick, 

455 

Caroline  Amelia, 

734 

Charles  IT. , 

1710 

Caroline  Eliza, 

1959 

Charles  Flerbert, 

459 

Caroline  Elizabeth,       • 

829 

Charles  J. , 

1090 

Caroline  Louisa, 

2174 

Charles  James  Anson, 

174 

Caroline  W., 

2100 

Charles  Lavallctte, 

1012 

Carrie  D.  (Jervls), 

1832 

Charles  Leonard, 

942 

Catharine, 

61 

Charles  Maples. 

1223 

Catharine, 

200 

Charles  Mercer, 

285 

Catharine, 

209 

CJharles  M.  8.  (Jervis), 

1706 

Catharine, 

.299 

Charles  P., 

2275 

Catharine  Amelia, 

339,  720 

Charles  Ralph, 

891 

Cecilia  Sophia, 

786 

Charles  W., 

1628 

Celina  North, 

1659 

Charles  W. , 

2286 

Charity. 

1869 

Charles  William, 

849 

Charity, 

2395 

Charlotte, 

127 

Charles, 

99 

Charlotte, 

173 

Charles, 

301 

Charlotte  Augusta, 

453 

Charles, 

495 

Charlotte  Maria, 

487 

Charles, 

511 

Charlotte  Maria, 

488 

Charles, 

669 

Charlotte  Mary, 

1111 

Charles, 

1020 

C.  Willis. 

1061 

Charles, 

1045 

Che8t(*r, 

1543 

Charles, 

1810 

Chester, 

1668 

Charles, 

2039 

Chloe, 

1495 

Charles, 

2059 

Chloe, 

1498 

Charles, 

2062 

Clara, 

1090 

Charles, 

2071 

Clarissa, 

497 

Charles, 

2099 

Clarissa, 

1023 

Charles, 

2140 

Colborne  Dennis, 

1209 

Charles, 

2167 

Constance  Kingsmlll, 

1147 

Charles, 

2340 

Cora  Elizabeth, 

1011 

Charles  A., 

618 

Cordelia, 

1939 

Charles  Abraham, 

819 

Cornelia, 

600 

Charles  Alpheus, 

489 

Cornelia  E., 

1840 

Charles  Augustus, 

722 

Charles  Augustus, 

725 

Daniel, 

105 

Charles  Beverley, 

556 

David, 

1430 

Charles  Brydger, 

1128 

David, 

1803 

Charles  Church, 

2073 

David  Conklin, 

1789 

Charles  Edward, 

45'2 

David  R. , 

1873 

Charles  Edward, 

743 

David  Sandford, 

507 

Charles  Edward, 

2106 

Deborah, 

35 

Charles  Edward, 

2157 

Deborah, 

108 

Charles  Edward, 

2178 

Delancey, 

196 

Charles  Edward  L., 

792 

Delia  Farley, 

2239 

Charles  Edwin, 

1663 

Douglass, 

1082 

324 


INDRX. — fAHT    I. 


■  ;      ?l  I 


Name. 

No. 

Name. 

Vo. 

Dorcas, 

2804 

Elijah  Albert. 

817 

Dwight, 

1S44 

Eliphalet. 

1742 

Dwight, 

16«1 

Eli/.a. 

603 

Eli /.a. 

1785 

Ebenezer, 

119 

Eliza  (.FcrvisH 

2412 

Ebenezer, 

376 

Eliza  Ann, 

Oil 

Ebi'iie/cr  Nostrand, 

1881 

Eliza  Ann, 

1877 

Edgar, 

560 

Eliza  E.. 

1567 

Edgar  K(3auiiioiit, 

1149 

Eliza  Lane, 

2351 

Edgar  Hewlett, 

1894 

Eliza  Rowland, 

717 

Edgar  Ralph, 

1129 

Elizabclli, 

14 

Edniuiid, 

371 

Elizabeth, 

39 

Edmund  A. , 

1924 

Elizabeth, 

117 

Kdmund  Allen, 

1909 

Elizabeth, 

172 

EdniuDd  Allen, 

(p.)  137 

Klizabeth, 

393 

Edmund  Head, 

1134 

Elizabeth, 

811 

Edmund  Meredith, 

1097 

Elizabeth, 

321 

Ednuind  Owen  Mereditii, 

824 

Elizabeth, 

338 

Edward. 

138 

Elizabeth, 

496 

Edward, 

406 

Elizabeth, 

1493 

Edward, 

1117 

Elizabeth, 

1775 

Edward  (Jervis), 

1828 

Elizabeth, 

1791 

Edward, 

2025 

Elizabeth, 

1816 

Edward, 

2060 

Elizabeth, 

1946 

Edward, 

2097 

Elizabeth. 

1961 

Edward, 

2341 

Elizabeth, 

1968 

Edward  ^Emilius, 

931 

Elizabeth, 

1966 

Edward  B., 

2237 

Elizabeth, 

1978 

Edward  liuckinghani, 

360 

Elizabeth, 

2010 

Edward  Clifton, 

845 

Elizabeth, 

2016 

Edward  Lutwich, 

389 

Elizabeth, 

2028 

Edward  Scott, 

2063 

Elizabeth, 

2087 

Edward  W., 

1091 

Elizabeth, 

2046 

Edward  W.  Boyd, 

407 

Elizabeth, 

2064 

Edward  William, 

834 

Elizabeth, 

2826 

Edward  Winslow, 

1016 

Elizabeth  Arnold, 

400 

Edward  Worrell, 

415 

Elizabeth  Bartlett, 

2186 

Edwin, 

1547 

Elizabeth  Black, 

2096 

Edwin  Rogers, 

1731 

Elizabeth  Bowmon, 

2848 

Electa, 

1503  1 

Elizabeth  Colt, 

782 

Electa, 

1504 

Elizabeth  Hannah. 

211 

Eli, 

75  i 

Elizabeth  Harriett, 

416 

Eli  Starr, 

221 

Elizabeth  Hart, 

852 

Elias, 

1987  1 

Elizabeth  R.  (Jervis), 

1881 

Elias, 

2006 

Elizabeth  Smitli, 

2160 

Elias, 

2022 

Elkanah, 

1765 

Elijah, 

92 

Ella, 

1066 

Elijah, 

1491 

Ella  P., 

1073 

|)K8CKNDANT8    NAMKD   JARVI8. 


325 


3037 


348 
782 
311 
416 
352 
■1831 


[066 
.072 


Name. 

No. 

Naint). 

No. 

Ellen  Aiidoi-Noii, 

677 

Florence  Isidore, 

1681 

Klloii  B.. 

3327 

Foster, 

1065 

Ellen  Ciiroliiio, 

798 

Frances, 

1927 

Ellen  Miuiii, 

586 

Frances  Amelia, 

213 

Elma  Muriel  Murray, 

1362 

Frances  Amelia, 

8M 

Eloisa, 

1934 

Frances  Amelia, 

580 

Eloisu  L., 

714 

Frances  E. , 

1595 

Kmeline, 

1619 

Frances  Hubbard, 

2862 

Enioline  C, 

617 

Frances  Huldah, 

341 

Knilly, 

1868 

Francis, 

716 

Enuly  (Jervis), 

1824 

FraiK'ls, 

2321 

Emily  Caroliue, 

793 

Francis, 

2337 

Kmily  Elizabeth, 

461 

Francis  C, 

610 

Emily  Maude, 

941 

Francis  Carr, 

2116 

Emma, 

1701 

Francis  H., 

1675 

Emma  Bowne, 

1724 

Francis  H., 

1679 

Emma  Jane, 

1922 

Francis  Head, 

2178 

Emma  M., 

1852 

Fran(;is  Henry, 

2153 

Emma  Robins, 

2249 

Francis  Qriswold, 

1643 

EmuluH, 

1798 

Francis  Qriswold, 

1709 

Enuilus, 

1837 

Fraiuis  Pillsbury, 

3348 

ErHHtus, 

1617 

Francis  Proudfooi, 

1153 

Ernest, 

•  1151 

Francis  lioach. 

2065 

Ernest  Frederick. 

847 

Frank. 

669 

Ernest  Leonard, 

1347 

Frank, 

1033 

Esther, 

6 

Frank  Adolphus, 

1698 

Esther, 

10 

Frank  noi)e, 

836 

Esther, 

27 

Frank  Pepperrell, 

3113 

Esther, 

60 

Frank  Seymour, 

3348 

Esther, 

84 

Frederick, 

390 

Esther, 

1793 

Frederick, 

1334 

Esther, 

3386 

Frederick, 

1889 

Esther, 

2403 

Frederick,  . 

3093 

EsthiT  Lucretia, 

296 

Frederick  A., 

3276 

Ethel  Hazen, 

1350 

Frederick  Arnold, 

825 

Eugene  LeBaron, 

2186 

Frederick  Augustus, 

1093 

Eunice  Amelia, 

331 

Frederick  Augustus, 

2152 

Eunice  Morgan, 

1932 

Frederick  Augustus, 

2261 

Eva. 

t!56 

Frederick  ('larence. 

1096 

Everard  Augustus, 

2267 

Frederick  II. , 

2366 

Experience, 

1864 

Frederick  M., 

1846 

Frederick  Sandford, 

291 

Fanny, 

1131 

Frederick  Starr, 

212 

Fanny  Fayerweather, 

185 

Frederick  Starr, 

1119 

Florence, 

1026 

Frederick  Starr, 

1145 

Florence, 

1047 

Frederick  Tiffany, 

1643 

Florence  Annie, 

1349 

Frederick  William, 

551 

Florence  Caroline, 

1095 

Frederick  William, 

2166 

;;jf| 


d2d 


INDliyt. — I'AItT    I. 


Namo. 

No. 

Name. 

No. 

Fmlcrick  William, 

2340 

Ilannali, 

M8 

Fr.'.lcrick  Wiliiiun, 

3370 

Hannah, 

87S 

Krcdcricii  AiigiiHta, 

««« 

Ilannali, 

1746 

Hannah, 

1708 

(l«'orge, 

818 

Hannah, 

1902 

George, 

780 

Hannah  (Jervis), 

2879 

George, 

22S« 

Hannah  (Jervis), 

2409 

George, 

2:ilH) 

lliinnah  Fowler, 

1977 

George, 

34ia 

Hannah  Owen, 

164 

George  A. , 

2170 

Harold. 

1153 

George  A.twiiter, 

.424 

Harrie, 

1323 

(}eorg«'  AtwiiUT, 

H25 

Harriet, 

498 

(Jeorge  Cypriiui, 

41)1 

Harriet, 

1507 

George  K.. 

1874 

Harriet, 

1558 

(Jeorge  lliiinilton, 

1094 

Harriet, 

3801 

George  Howard, 

2250 

Harriette, 

604 

George  Ij.  Bowiie, 

1725 

Harriet  Amelia, 

881 

0(H)rge  M. , 

2415 

Harriet  Augusta, 

882 

George  Milton, 

1080 

Harriet  AuguHtii, 

669 

Get)rge  Murray, 

449,  815 

Harriet  Hartlett, 

2189 

G<!orge  Oglevie, 

175 

Harriet  E., 

1025 

George  Oglevie, 

1015 

Harriet  E., 

1S84 

Georf'  Robinson, 

1110 

Harriet  Elizabeth, 

168 

Gciorge  Rogers, 

785 

Harriet  Head, 

8S64 

George  Seymour, 

388 

Harriet  Rebecca, 

84S 

George  Sherwood, 

585 

Harry  Augustus, 

1141 

George  St( ulien  Benjamin, 

215 

Harry  N(!Wton, 

1428 

George  Tiinmas, 

553 

Harry  St.  John, 

1310 

George  Waaliington, 

2159 

Hattic!  L. , 

1849 

George  William, 

284 

Helen  (Jervis), 

1031 

G(!orge  William, 

1905 

Helen, 

2078 

George  William  Hope, 

819 

Helen  A., 

168Q 

Graee  Gillet, 

1090 

Helen  Amtilia  Margaret, 

Grace  Lnthrop, 

14g0 

Helen  Loui.sa, 

1678 

Oracle, 

1888 

Helen  Marion, 

8353 

Griethene, 

1520 

Helen  Mary,     . 

889 

Guslavus, 

1511 

Helen  Pearce, 

1982 

Gustavus. 

1514 

Henrietta, 

191 

Guatavus  Roelifort, 

395 

Henrietta, 

868 

Henrietta  A., 

3385 

Haller, 

1508 

Henrietta  Doh.son, 

143 

Hannah, 

53 

Henriettas., 

847 

Hannah, 

05 

Henry, 

63 

Hannah, 

70 

Henry, 

194 

Hannah, 

85 

Henry, 

333 

Hannah, 

112 

Henry,    • 

870 

Hannah, 

129 

Henry, 

1789 

Hannah, 

275 

Henry, 

1871 

Name. 
Henry. 
Henry  A., 
Henry  Au^niN(„H^ 
Henry  AukumIuh, 
H(!nry  Clay, 
Ifenry  DohkIhhh, 
H.  FitzOenild, 
Henry  Herbert, 
i.N'nrv  Jiunes, 
Henry  Kent, 
Heniy  Sunford, 
Henry  Htiirr, 
Henry  Stone, 
Henry  W., 
Henry  W., 
Henry  William, 
Herlx'rt  Cherriniau, 
HerlM'rt  MiuiHon, 
•    Herliert  Murray, 

Hervey, 

Hester  A., 

HeHt(!r  Klizaheth, 

Hetti(!  Frederica, 

Hetty, 

Hetly  Hart,. 

Uezekiah, 

Hczekiah  JSIasli, 

Hezekiah  Nash, 

Holda, 

!I()llis  Joy, 

I lorace, 

Horace  A., 

Horace  B., 

ITorace  Benjamin, 
i^Iowanl, 
Howard  Barrcli. 
Howard  Sandford, 
How  land  B., 
Huldah, 

lantba, 

Ichabod, 

Ichabod, 

Ida  May, 

Ira, 

Ira, 

Irving  Austin, 

Isaac, 


DKHCKNDANTS    NAMKP   .fAHVtH. 


Nam*. 

Isaac, 

lH»ac, 

rsaac, 

Fsahel  Grace, 

Isabel  Helen, 

Isal)el  Maria, 

Isabel  Mary  Hubbard, 

Isabella  Maule, 

Isabel  McLean, 

Isaiah, 

Isaiah, 

Isaiah, 

Israel, 

Israel, 


Jacob, 
Jacob, 
I  Jacob  S., 
James, 
James, 
James, 
James, 
James, 
James, 
James, 
James, 
James, 
James, 

James  Edmund, 
James  Grant, 
James  Lawrence, 
James  Lorenzo, 
James  Morgan, 
James  O. , 
James  Otis, 
James  White, 
James  White, 
Jane, 
I  Jane, 
Jane, 

Jane  Hannah, 
Jane  Josepliine, 
Jane  Maria, 
Janet  McNary, 
Jane  Mercer, 
Jared  B. , 
Jared  B. , 
Jay, 


3283 


.327 

No. 
26 
UW 

nm 

vm 

nm 

2n;t 

ii-ii 

7»1 

i7;ui 
\7r>7 
i7o;j 

VM 
»84 

116 

3891 
1563 
68 
94 
198 
818 
1634 
1»44 
11)01 
1989 
3884 
8371 
8380 
199 
3350 
1031 
1931 
3168 
3133 
340 
ir)19 
307 
386 
510 
457 
1(577 
394 
1014 
383 
1588 
1583 
306 


■ 


328 


INDEX. PART   I. 


I 

i 


Name. 

No. 

Name. 

No. 

Jay, 

539 

John  S. , 

2373 

Jeanette, 

308 

John  Samuel, 

358 

Jeanette, 

3088 

John  W.. 

1069 

Jeannette, 

1916 

Jonathan, 

1734 

Jeanette  Hart, 

304 

Jonathan, 

1740 

Jeanette  White, 

1930 

Jonathan, 

1765 

Jennie, 

1091 

Jonathan, 

1793 

Jennie  Lee, 

1886 

Joseph, 

1489 

Jenny, 

1063 

Joseph, 

2079 

Jerta  Marin, 

Hid 

Joseph  (Jervis), 

2377 

Jerusha, 

379 

Joseph, 

3398 

Jesse, 

67 

Joseph  A., 

.    1565 

Jesse, 

118 

Joseph  Albert, 

.1694 

Joannah  (Jervis), 

2378 

Joseph  Church, 

1594 

Joel, 

1780 

Joseph  Edward, 

1967 

Joel  8., 

1633 

Joseph  Henry, 

2405 

John, 

15 

Joseph  Ireland, 

1762 

John, 

33 

Joseph  Ray, 

1843 

John, 

50 

Joseph  Russell, 

3067 

John, 

57 

Joseph  Russell, 

3108 

John, 

110 

Joseph  Russell, 

3119 

John, 

171 

Joseph  Russell, 

2184 

John, 

1434 

Joseph  Sidney, 

1550 

John, 

1808 

Joseph  W., 

619 

John, 

1984 

Joseph  Wicks, 

1950 

John, 

1986 

Joseph  Wicks, 

1975 

John, 

1998 

Joseph  Wood, 

3103 

John, 

2000 

Josephine, 

651 

John, 

3033 

Josephine, 

1939 

John, 

2330 

Josephine, 

3131 

John, 

3331 

Josephine  Head, 

3241 

John,  Jr., 

2333 

Josie  Kinyon, 

1035 

John  A.. 

2368 

Judson, 

540 

John  Abram, 

303 

Julia, 

205 

John  Black, 

3101 

Julia, 

561 

John  Bloomfiekl  (Jervis), 

1773 

Julia, 

1123 

John  Bloomlield  (Jervis), 

1834 

Julia, 

1627 

John  Buuce, 

1800 

Julia  Alice, 

3354 

John  Colyer, 

1898 

Julia  Ann, 

358 

John  Head, 

2086 

Julia  Ann, 

259 

John  Head, 

2151 

Julia  Ann, 

274 

John  Head, 

3173 

Julia  Ann, 

315 

John  Henry, 

300 

Julia  B., 

3289 

John  Hewlett, 

1879 

Julia  Conkliu, 

1089 

John  Jay, 

513 

Julia  Eliza. 

579 

John  Lindsay, 

591 

Julia  Eli/a, 

1108 

John  Q.  A. , 

3So3 

Julia  F., 

1695 

John  Racy, 

460 

Julia  Maria, 

1667 

nESCENDANTS    NAMED    JAKViS. 


Name. 
Julia  Ravmond, 

Kasinni  P.  (Jervis), 

Kathiirine, 

Katharine  Leonard, 

KenI, 

Kent, 

Kent,  Jr., 

Kent, 

Kclunili, 

Ketiirab, 

Keturak  Ann. 

Keziali, 

Launcelot, 

Laura  Ann, 

Laura  Matikla, 

Lavinia, 

Lavinia, 

Lavinia, 

Lavinia, 

Lavinia  Todd, 

Le(}rand, 

L.  H., 

Leonard, 

Leonard, 

Leonard, 

Leonard, 

Leonard, 

Leonard, 

Leonard, 

Leonard, 

Leonarfl  Bradford, 

Leonard  Bradford, 

Leonard  Fitz  Edward, 

Levi  S., 

Levinah, 

Liliie  F., 

Lizzie  Ida, 

Lizzi(!  Maud, 

Lorenzo  TayJor, 

Louis  Raymond, 

Louisa,    f 

Louisa, 

Louisa, 

Louisa, 

Louisa  Sophia, 

Loinse  Bailey, 

4'i 


No. 

718 

1633 

:il45 

3146 

14l>3 

1546 

1657 

1713 

138 

1784 

3406 

130 


Name. 
Louise  Heath, 
Louise  Jcanette, 
Luciiida  Fri.sbie, 
Lueretia, 
Lucretia, 
Lucy, 

Lucy  Caroline, 
Lucy  Cushing, 
Lucy  riubbard, 
Lucry  Josephine, 
Luella, 


178 

m\ 

833 
37 
54 
100 
115 
164 
314 
1436 
3019 
3036 
3051 
3057 
2073 
3137 
2138 
3104 
3115 
3185 
3105 
508 
133 
1850 
1033 
3281 
1616 
1155 
38 
595 
3339 
3358 
490 
3147 


Mabel  8adie, 
Marcy, 
Margaret, 
Margaret, 
Margaret, 
Mai-garet, 
Margaret, 
Margai-et, 
Margaret, 
I  Margartit, 

'  Margaret  Aiuiabella, 
Margaret  Ci.-nelia, 
Margan^l  Emma, 
Margaret  Isabella  Mauie, 
Margaret  Wcudder, 
Maria, 
Maria, 

Maria  CJliajtman, 
Maria  Frisbic, 
Mariii  G. , 
Maria  Lavinia, 
Maria  Mabel, 
Maria  Sauford, 
Marietta, 
Marietta  Bradley, 
Mariett*!, 
Marion  Zeta, 
Martha, 
Martha  Louisa, 
Martha  Margaret, 
Martha  P., 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 


329 

No. 

1088 

1038 

*583 

189 
1468 

767 


875 
3359 
1463 
1893 

3371 
3039 
114 
133 
3004 
3005 
3034 
3143 
3170 
3364 
1120 
1841 
388 
1113 
1839 
343 
1786 
719 
533 

2369 
150 

1311 

3244 
378 
608 
509 

1133 
48 

1018 

161 

1856 
11 
35 
71 
80 

102 


mum 


I    It 


I    I 


t 
I 

lis 


330 

Name. 
Mary, 
Maiy, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary. 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary, 
Mary  A. , 
Mary  Abigail, 
Mary  Emilia, 
Mary  Amelia, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann, 
Mary  Ann  Susan, 
Mary  Beatrice, 
Mary  Boyles, 
Mary  Calharine, 
Mary  Caroline, 
Mary  Caroline, 
Mary  Caroline, 
Mary  Church, 
Mary  Church, 


)EX.— 

-PART    1. 

No. 

Name. 

No. 

104 

Mary  E. , 

1070 

136 

Mary  E., 

1853 

277 

Mary  Elizabeth, 

286 

337 

Mary  Elizabeth, 

838 

367 

Mary  Elizabeth, 

2156 

383 

Mary  Elizabeth, 

2250 

394 

Mary  Esther, 

316 

557 

Mary  Esther, 

2403 

852 

Mary  Frances, 

1878 

1494 

Mary  Frances, 

1921 

1625 

Mary  Frances, 

1936 

1749 

Mary  Hannah, 

162 

1752 

Mary  Hubbard, 

2120 

1908 

3Iary  Jane, 

408 

1940 

Mary  Jane, 

1660 

1948 

Mary  Jane, 

2161 

1994 

Mary  fjouisa. 

357 

2003 

Mary  Louisa, 

1207 

2007 

Mary  Louise, 

1928 

2008 

Mary  M. , 

1581 

2021 

Mary  M.  (Jervis), 

1632 

2047 

Mary  Minerva, 

1693 

2094 

Mary  Nutting, 

794 

2374 

Mary  Ogden, 

1913 

2401 

Mary  Parker, 

2263 

2384 

Mary  Pepperrell  Sparhawk, 

2135 

2367 

Mary  Shrieve, 

788 

1669 

Mary  Sophia, 

581 

928 

Mary  Sophia, 

582 

256 

Mary  Sparhawk, 

2076 

292 

Mary  Theodora  (Jervis), 

1704 

326 

Mary  W., 

1703 

600 

Mary  Wicks, 

1973 

1548 

Matilda, 

398 

1805 

Matilda  Jane,     ' 

1943 

1860 

Matilda  M., 

1973 

20H7 

Maud  jVFaria, 

1427 

2i«9 

Mehilal)el, 

130 

'^345 

Mehitabel, 

369 

1882 

Mtlancthon  Bryant  (Jervis), 

2407 

1125 

Mellville, 

1063 

821 

Mervale  Philetus, 

'844 

1116 

Mildred  Bleiuierhassett, 

1363 

4.54 

Miles  O'Ueilly, 

94U 

723 

Milerson, 

1748 

724 

Milerson, 

1751 

2042 

Milison, 

38 

2109 

Minerva, 

600 

No. 
1070 
1853 
286 
838 
3156 
3350 
316 
3403 
1878 
1921 
1936 
163 
2120 
408 
1660 
2161 
357 
1307 
1938 
1581 
1633 
1693 
794 
1913 
3363 
3135 
788 
581 
583 
3076 
1704 
1703 
1973 
398 
1943 


I 


Name. 

Mira, 

Moses, 

Moses, 

Moses,  Jr., 

Moses, 

Moses  Richards, 

Moses  West, 

Munsou, 

Miinson, 

Myron  A.  (Jervis;, 

Nanoy, 

^ancy, 

Nancy  Head, 

Naomi, 

Nathan, 

Nathan, 

Nathan, 

Nathan  8. , 

Nathan  Sturges, 

Nathan  Sturges, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Nellie, 

Nellie  May, 

Neva  Todd, 

Nelson, 

Nicholas, 

Noah. 

Nostrand, 

Owen, 

Paul, 

Panthea, 

Percy, 

Percy, 

Per  Lee, 

Peter  Robinson, 


DESOENDANTS    NAMED    .lARVlS. 

Name. 
Peter  Robinson, 
Phebe, 
Phehe, 
Phebe, 
Phebe, 
Phebe  A., 
Phebe  A., 
Phebe  Elizabeth, 
Phebe  Perkins, 
Philumela  Elizabeth, 
Philander, 
Philander  Robinson, 
Philetus  Conklin, 
Philetus  Horton, 
Philip, 
Philip, 
Philip, 
Philip,      . 
Philo, 
PlKBbe, 
Phoebe, 
Pha'be, 

Phoebe  Deborah, 
PhfEbe  Francis, 
Philo  Place, 
Pierre  Humphrey, 
Piatt, 
PlatI, 
Polly. 
Polly, 
Polly, 
Polly, 
Polly, 
Polly  Martha  Marvin, 

liachel, 

liachel, 

Rachel. 

Rachel  H., 

Ra(!hel  Isabella, 
1505  Ralph  Muuson. 
Rebe(;ca, 
Rebecca, 
Rebec<;a, 
Rebecca, 
Rebecca, 
Rebecca, 
Rebecca, 


331 

No. 
1126 
1760 
1794 
1867 
1926 
1872 
1875 
3404 
3233 
486 
1626 
360 
1795 
1891 
3044 
2090 
3171 
2421 
187 
1906 
1949 
1956 
1980 
1915 
1895 
1911 
364 
2390 
23 
47 
169 
1517 
1522 
140 


72 
297 
1435 
1564 
314 
185 
179 
(p.)  197 
1993 
1995 
2001 
2011 
2016 


H32 


INDKX. — PART    I. 


i 


Name. 

No. 

Name. 

No. 

Rebecca  Hall, 

2154 

Samuel  Gardiner, 

2038 

Rebecva  Parkman, 

2048 

Samuel  Gi>vdner, 

2126 

Reuben, 

23!)3 

Samuel  M. , 

■     1918 

Rhoda, 

;J66 

Sanmel  Odell. 

160 

Richard, 

1047 

Sanmel  Peters, 

149 

Richard  Win., 

354 

Sanmel  Peters, 

152 

Robert, 

1744 

Samuel  Peters, 

447 

Robert, 

1781 

Sanmel  Peters, 

943 

Robert, 

1788 

Sanmel  Raymond  (Sir), 

181 

Robert  E.  Colborne, 

598 

Sands, 

66 

Robert  Jones, 

1424 

Sarah, 

29 

Robert  Milner, 

19(J9 

Sarah, 

49 

Rodney, 

197 

Saraii, 

98 

Rufus  P. , 

1700 

Sarah, 

121 

Ruasell, 

2077 

Siirah, 

181 

Russell, 

2129 

Sarali, 

223 

Russell, 

2198 

Sarah, 

375 

Ruth, 

34 

Sarali, 

597 

Ruth,     ■ 

133 

Sarah, 

1804 

Sarah, 

1905 

Sally, 

188 

Sarah, 

2009 

Sally, 

1499 

Sarah, 

2041 

Sally, 

1770 

Sarah, 

2095 

Sally, 

2332 

Sarah, 

2144 

Sally, 

2390 

Sarali, 

2192 

Sally  (Jervis), 

2410 

Sarah, 

2325 

Sally  Burrill. 

141 

Sarah  (Jervis), 

2380 

Salter  Mountain, 

590 

Sarah, 

2385 

Sampson, 

1999 

Saraii  A., 

349 

Samuel, 

8 

Sarah  Adelaide, 

1861 

Samuel, 

13 

Sarah  Ann, 

336 

Samuel, 

40 

Sarah  Ann, 

2355 

Samuel, 

46 

Sarah  Fliz.  Marie  Anto 

nette,      308 

Sanmel, 

58 

Saraii  Eloisa, 

(p.)  197 

Samuel, 

70 

Saraii  Hitchcock, 

262 

Samuel, 

•81 

Sarah  Isabel, 

1107 

Samuel, 

96 

Sarah  J., 

620 

Samuel, 

218 

Sarah  Jane, 

53(5 

Samuel, 

350 

Saraii  Jane, 

2243 

Samuel, 

499 

Saraii  Jessica  (Jervis), 

1705 

Sanuiel, 

1993 

Sarah  Leonard, 

2110 

Samuel  Rowmon, 

2322 

Saraii  Maria, 

330* 

Sanuiel  I)., 

1754 

Saraii  Maria, 

396 

Sanmel  Farmar, 

87 

Saraii  Maria, 

(i09 

8am>iel  Farmar, 

88 

Saraii  Peters  M., 

166 

Samuel  Farmar, 

306 

Sarah  Russell, 

2061 

Sanmel  Fermor, 

307 

Sarah  W., 

1836 

Sanmel  Fermor, 

076 

Selah, 

2419 

No. 
2038 
3126 
1918 
IfiO 
14!) 
152 
447 
943 
181 
66 
29 
49 
98 
121 
131 
223 
375 
597 
1804 
1905 
3009 
2041 
2095 
2144 
2192 
2325 
2380 
2385 
349 
1861 
336 
2355 
308 
.)197 
262 
1107 
620 
536 
2243 
1705 
2110 
330' 
396 
ri09 
1()6 
2061 
1836 
2419 


■niuer. 


Name. 
Seleptu. 
Se)""      ; 
Set]). 
Seymour, 
Seymour, 
Sidney  IJerdoe, 
Simon  Lessee, 
Soi)hiu, 

Soplironia, 

Stephen, 

Stephen,  Jr., 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

StejHien, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen, 

Stephen  Jervis  W., 

Steplien  Maule, 

Stei)]ien  Murray, 

Stephen  Starr, 

Susan, 

Susan, 

Su.san, 

Susan, 

Susan, 

Susan, 

Susan, 

Susan  B., 

Su.san  (jfibl)s, 

Susan  Gibbs, 

Susan  Mary  Ann, 

Susan  Pierce, 

Susan  Pieree, 

Susanna, 

Su.sanna, 

Susanna  M.  (Jervi.s), 

Su.sannali, 

Susannah  Ilubbnrd, 


DKSOENDANTS    NAMED   .TARVfS. 


Name. 
Susannah  M., 
Su.saiHiah  Penn, 


Theodorus, 

Thomas, 

Thomas, 

Thomas,  Jr., 

TJiomas, 

Thomas, 
Thomas, 
Tliomas, 
Thomas  Henry, 
Thomas  Iliuby, 
TJiomas  Jefferson, 
Thomas  Neilson, 
Thomas  Newton, 
Thomas  Stin.s(;u, 
Thomas  Woodhull, 
Thomas  Woodhull, 
Timotliy, 
Timothy  B., 
Tully  Church, 


Walter  Beam. 
Walter  Scott, 

Wellington, 

Whitman, 

Willard, 

Willet, 

Willetts, 

William, 

William, 

William, 

William, 

William, 

William, 

William, 

Willianj, 

William, 

William, 

William, 

William, 

William, 

William. 

William, 

William, 

William, 

William, 


333 

No. 
1774 
(p.)  197 

2417 
31 
1483 
1484 
1767 
2031 
2055 
2387 
1143 
1790 
2143 
1131 
493 
1114 
1880 
1901 
1759 
1776 
1501 

1433 
287 
536 
1806 
1713 
280 
1866 
5 
7 
62 
64 
83 
103 
137 
201 
348 
669 
1487 
1735 
1738 
1753 
1777 
1782 
1809 
1914 


fl 


3a4 


INDKX. — PART  t. 


Name. 

No. 

Name. 

Williiim, 

IflflO 

William  Henry, 

Williiim, 

20(13 

William  Henry  (Jovvis), 

Williiim. 

2017 

William  Henry, 

Williiim, 

2080 

William  Henry  Stuart, 

William, 

2130 

Willi  im  llovey, 

William, 

2141 

William  Irving, 

William, 

2149 

William  Kemper, 

William, 

211»:{ 

William  Manle. 

William  (Jcrvis), 

2375 

William  Morley, 

William, 

2388 

William  Moslier, 

William  AU'ml. 

1962 

William  Mini.son. 

William  Aui^ustus, 

224 

William  Mun^on, 

William  MolsFonl, 

216 

William  Oliver, 

William  Hull, 

2r.7 

William  O.scar, 

William  C, 

1923 

William  Oscar, 

William  V., 

2083 

William  l^vxton. 

William  Cooper, 

1518 

William  ]V'pi)errell, 

William  Duminer, 

596 

William  Keginaltl, 

William  Dummor  Powell, 

448 

William  Uice, 

W.  (t.  Townsciid, 

411 

Wilmer  E., 

William  George, 

944 

Woodlnill, 

William  H., 

1858 

Woodhull. 

William  Hamilton, 

1726 

William  riait. 

766 

Zophar, 

William  Uavilaiid, 

1799 

Zerviah  (Mrs.), 

No. 

395 

1837 

3283 

6S3 

33ftl 

920 

859 

1109 

1146 

2138 

158 

404 


580 
1085 

183 
2180 
•1208 
2199 
1845 
1814 
1897 

362 
1750 


^ 


■4 


DKSrKNnANTW    NAMKD    .IAI{VI,«<. 


3:i5 


PART  II. 

NAMKS  OK   l»ERSONK  WHO  IIAVK  MAIilUEl)  INTO  TIJi 

JAUVIS  FAMILY.  AND  NAMKS  OF  DESCENDANTS 

li EARING  OTHER  SURNAMES. 

Name. 
Abnuris,  i;iuistiiuia, 
AdaniH,  Ellon  Derby, 
Adiuns,  JofTicy, 
Adiinis,  ,I<),so,)h  Thornton, 
Adams,  Leonard, 
AilainH,  Snsan, 
iMlen,  Phehe, 
\nios,  Mari^aret  Elliot, 
Arnold,  Mary, 
Atkins,  Abigail, 
Atwater,  Mary  Auu, 


Riineroft,  Anna  (!., 
Haiuroft,  F.  J., 
IJanerol't,  Georg(^  .1., 
Hancroft,  Mary  MeLean, 
Barlow,  Lydia, 
Barnt^tt,  Francis  K., 
Barnett,  Frederick, 
Barnett,  ({eorge, 
Barnett,  Jamei, 
Barnett,  June.  E., 
Barnett,  .T(!annette, 
Barnett,  John, 
Barnett,  John, 
Barnett,  Try])hena, 
liarrch.  Augusta, 
Barrch,  Eniiiiiline, 
Barreh,  Julia  A., 
Barrel),  Mrs.  I'nuliiia, 
Bartlett,  Aiine  Bailey, 
Barthat,  Elizabeth, 
Bassett,  Annie  L., 
Bassett,  David, 
Bassett,  Elizabetli  V., 
Bassi.'tl,  George  J., 
Bassett,  Harriet  A., 
Bassett,  John  E. , 
Bassett,  Mary  L. , 
Bassett,  Sarah  J.. 
Beach,  Bloomfleld  J. , 


No. 

Name. 

No. 

1826 

Beach,  Cyprian  N., 

773 

2191 

Bea(;h,  Elizab.-th  H.  J., 

774 

2188 

Beach,  Henry  Hyde, 

1821 

2187 

Beach,  Samuel, 

1819 

218!) 

Beach   Sanuiel, 

1822 

2190 

Bears,  Mary, 

1954 

1904 

Beer,  Jane  Hope, 

833 

282 

Beaumont,  (!harlotte. 

1148 

134 

Bernard,  Agnes  C.  G., 

936 

202(i 

Bernard,  Ed.  Henry, 

938 

323 

Bernard,  Ellen  M., 

935 

Bernard,  Gerald  Luke  F., 

934 

1321 

Bernard,  l-uke  Fitz  Gerald, 

932 

1318 

Bernard,  Mary  K., 

933 

1320 

Bernard,  Renee  H.  B., 

937 

1319 

Bla(;k,  Miiry  Ann, 

2093 

492 

Blackman,  Cliarles, 

1445 

027 

Blacknian,  Hiram, 

1443 

628 

Blackman,  Jennie, 

1444 

029 

Bliss,  Harriet  J., 

1711 

631 

Bloomlicld,  Phebe, 

1771 

632 

Bogart,  Helen  Maria, 

1823 

630 

Borden,  Abigail  M., 

1685 

625 

Borden,  Asa, 

1082 

633 

Borden,  Charles  M. , 

1684 

620 

Borden,  George  P., 

1683 

2279 

Borden,  Joseph  A. , 

1680 

2283 

Boultbee,  Alfred, 

888 

3274 

Boultbee,  Alfred  E., 

891 

2175 

Boultbee,  Constance  M., 

893 

21.37 

Boidtbee,  Frank. 

890 

1373 

Boultbee,  Horatio  C, 

892 

1325 

Boultbee,   Reginald, 

889 

728 

Boulte,  Eli/abet li, 

170 

730 

Bowcrman,  Mary, 

513 

1324 

BownioM,  Elizab(!th, 

2319 

731 

Bowne,  Maria, 

1040 

729 

Boyd,  Anna  Maria, 

405 

1323 

Boyd,  ('aroliiie. 

403 

1320 

Bradford,  Sarah  L., 

2114 

1820 

Bradley,  Abigail  C, 

1609 

■^wi 


I 


336 

Nam*. 
Hni(lk\y ,  Augusta  Sophia, 
Uradlcy,  (lymw  Y., 
IJradlcy,  Elislia, 
Hradley,  (Jcor^c  II., 
Uradloy,  Harriet  C, 
Jiradley,  Jlarv.  Shcpparil, 
liradley,  Henry, 
Bradley,  Joel, 
llradley,  Joseph  J., 
Hradley,  Joseph  W. , 
Bradley,  Julia  W., 
Bradley,  Lydia  C, 
Bradley,  Maria  C. , 
Bradley,  Maria  L., 
Bradley,  Rachel, 
Bradley,  Rhoda  J. , 
Bradley,  Williams., 
Brant,  Jennie  R. , 
Brayton,  Cynthia, 
Bresce,  Asahel  A. , 
Bresee,  Carl  A., 
Bresee,  Charles  H., 
Bresee,  Chester  J., 
Bresee,  David  C, 
Bresee,  Ella  C. , 
Bresee,  Emma, 
Bresee,  George  L.  B., 
Bresee,  William  J., 
Brewster,  Annie, 
Bridgham,  Lydia  D., 
Brower,  Eliza, 
Brown,  Alice  C, 
Brown,  Ann, 
Brown,  Barbara  A., 
Brown,  Joseph  B,, 
Brown,  Margaret  L., 
Brown,  Mary, 
Brown,  Ursilla  M., 
Ikown,  Warren  C, 
Brush,  Naomi, 
Bryant,  Mary  E., 
Bryant,  William  F., 
Bryden,  Sarah  A., 
Budgen,  Alice  C, 
Budgen,  Caroline  M., 
Budgeu,  Ellen  I., 
Budgen,  Fanny  Lydia, 
Budgeu,  George, 


INDKX. PAMT    II. 


No. 
1(514 
151)2 
1(105 
1611  ! 
1010  i 
151(1  I 
1587 
158(5  ! 
1588 
158!) 
1(507 
1(508 
1500 
16i;{ 
1578 
1000 
1013 
1885 
1810 
1730 
1783 
1731 
1719 
1714 
1716 
1717 
1715 
1718 
1756 
3334 
1044 
1074 
1648 
1408 
1073 
1075 
1971 
1847 
1076 
12 
1369 
1368 
983 
11(53 
1161 
1163 
1160 
1164 


Name.  No. 

Budgen,  John,  11S8 

Budgen  (Major  (Jen.),  1157 

Budgen,  Mary,  1165 

Budgen,  William  Thomas,  1159 

Bull,  Polly,  254 

Himce,  Martha  P.,  1851 

Bunce,  Naomi,  •     109 

Bunee,  Pheltc!,  128 

Bjirt,  Mary  Frances,  1080 

Butler,  Jean(!tt»!  J.,  1027 

Camp,  Caroline  S. ,  642 

(;amp,  Charles  Edwin,  648 

(.'amp,  Charles  IL,  646 

Camp,  Elizabeth  A.,  644 

Camp,  Elizabeth  Ann.  1276 

Camp,  Elsie  E.,  1271 

Camp,  Frances  I.,  648 

Camp,  Frank  B.,  1272 

(?amp,  FnMlerick  W. ,  641 

Camp,  George  II. ,  1273 

Camp,  (Jeorge  William,  646 

Camp,  Helen  Maria,  647 

Camp,  Silas,  640 

Camp,  Silas  W.,  1275 

Camp,  'IMieodore  E.,  649 

Campbell,  Elizabeth  J.,  976 

CanHcld,  Cantield,  1442 

Canticad,  Carrie,  1440 

Canflc^ld,  Charles,  1489 

Canfiekl,  Edwin,  1488 
Canfield,  John.                      .       1487 

Canfield.  Wilfred,  1441 

Carll,  Phebe,  1779 

Carr,  E.  W.,  (p.)~7 

Carruthers,  (Jrace,  919 

Charter,  Harriet  E.,  1388 

Cary,  Mariotte  J.,  1283 

Cary,  Sarah  F.,  1234 

Cary,  Solomon  F.,  1281 

Cary,  Wiilinm  Ely,  1232 

Chandler,  Louisa  M.,  1833 

Chapman,  Betsy,  320 

(!hapman,  Louise,  602 

Chase,  Edward  A.,  1673 

Chase,  Kent  Jarvis,  1672 

Chase,  Mary  A.,  1671 

Chase,  William  A.,  1670 


DKSCENKANTS,     KTC,     HKAKINO    OTHKII    SIHNAMKS. 


a  3  7 


(i4t) 

!)76 

443 

1440 

I4:ut 

1438 

1437 

1441 

1779 

.)77 
!)1'.) 

[1388 

Il233 

ll234 

11331 

Il333 

ll833 
330 
tU)3 
l()73 
1(173 
1 071 
1(170 


Niimo. 

No. 

Naino. 

No. 

('hiircli,  AliiKiiil, 

1500 

Cutts,  Hampden, 

2203 

Church,  Samli, 

3082 

Cutis.  Hampden, 

2210 

(*hi('h()Hl<'r,  Jcnishii, 

113 

Cutts,  IIampd(^n, 

2307 

(/lapliatn,  Mary, 

2079 

(Jutts,  Harriet  L., 

2212 

Chirk,  ('larissa. 

1018 

Cults,  Ki\\'u'  Anna, 

2205 

Clark,  Harah, 

957 

Cutis,  Liliiui  Ursula, 

3206 

Coalcs,  F<:ii/a  R. 

1818 

Cutts,  .Margaret  A., 

3399 

Coliurn,  .lames  IM.,  Jr., 

1477 

Cults.  Mary  V   C., 

3309 

Coburn,  Lamont  I)., 

1479 

Cutts,  Mary  S., 

3303 

Coliurn,  Holicrl  II., 

1478 

Cults,  William  H., 

3391 

Colos,  (!aMi(!rin<'  A., 

1349 

Cutis,  William  J., 

3308 

Coll,  Caldwell  H., 

770 

(Uifts,  Winnifred, 

3398 

Colt,  Elizabeth  J., 

771 

Colt,  Henrietta  8., 

772 

Dana,  Caroline, 

3131 

(!olt,  Samuel, 

768 

Daniel,  Mary  ()., 

1689 

Colt,  Samuel  J., 

769 

Davis,  Prudence, 

3075 

Condy,  Susan, 

3033 

Dean.  Fannie, 

1336 

Conklin,  Hannah. 

43 

Dean,  Ida  S., 

1338 

Conklin,  Keturah, 

1787 

Dean,  John  P., 

1335 

Cook,  Anna, 

19(18 

Dean,  Minnie, 

1337 

(!ooley,  Mary, 

ib;;o 

Dennison,  A<la  M., 

1399 

(*ooli(lf!:e,  [jydia, 

3053 

Diiiinison,  Ceorgc, 

1397 

Coojier,  JiUcretia. 

3365 

T.N'imison,  William  ('., 

1398 

Cordi.s,  Kliza, 

3133 

Dibble,  IVggy, 

146 

Crawford,  Alvali  Carpentor, 

536 

Dibble.  Ralph, 

147 

Craw  lord,  Ciiroline  L., 

535 

Dibble,  Tyler, 

143 

Crawford,  (Catharine  U. , 

530 

Dibble.  Waller  I)., 

144 

Crawford,  ('hauncey  II., 

518 

Dibble,  William. 

145 

Crawford,  Daniel, 

534 

Douglass,  Pillen, 

1081 

Crawford,  F^lijah  II., 

517 

Draper,  Claris,sa, 

3134 

Crawford,  James  Kodnian, 

531 

Duckett,  Alva  J., 

1416 

Crawford,  Joliii  Bemtis, 

519 

Duckelt,  Frederick  W., 

1415 

(■rawford,  Jothan, 

516 

Duekett,  Walter  (}., 

1413 

Crawford,  Margaret  Ann, 

533 

Duckelt,  Willard  S., 

1414 

Crawford,  Martha  J. , 

538 

Duff,  Ale.xander, 

950 

(h'awford,  Warren  S. , 

537 

Duir,  .Mmira  Helen, 

1409 

Crawford,  William  Non.ian, 

533 

Duir,  Augusta, 

951 

Crissey,  Eliza, 

1919 

Duff,  (Jalharine  H.. 

1411 

Cunningham,  Sally, 

3339 

Duff,  Je.sseO., 

1410 

Curllss,  Jane  M., 

1674 

Duff,  William  A., 

1412 

Cushing,  Lucy, 

674 

Duff,  William  A.  H., 

953 

Cutts,  Anna  JI., 

3306 

Dunn,  (!ora  K. , 

1653 

Cutis,  Charles  J., 

3311 

Dunn,  James  K., 

1654 

Cutt.s,  Kdward  D., 

3394 

Dunn,  Julia  K., 

1656 

Cutts,  Edward  II. , 

3204 

Dunn,  Julia  M.  (Mrs.), 

1653 

Cutis,  Elizabeth  H., 

2205 

Dunn,  Mary  A., 

1655 

Cutis,  Elizabeth  B.. 

3307 

Dunsford,  Augusta, 

1303 

Cutts,  Elizabeth  M., 

2203 

Dunsford,  Marlhi, 

1391 

43 

r 


388 


INI>KX. —  I'AKT    II. 


' 


Ninnu. 
Diiiisfonl,  Willifiin, 
Diiniiul,  ('aroliiKi  Aug.  ()., 
Dtimiid,  KU/Ai  G. , 
Duniiid,  (tfor^'o, 
Diiraiul.  llanuiili, 
Duniiul,  .TcsMo, 
Duraiitl,  Mary  C, 
Dyer,  lillcu, 

EdMon,  A.Halu'l. 
EdHon,  Itilly. 
Edsoii,  Kli/alx'lli, 
Edsoii,  Orcucll, 
Edsoii,  Polly, 
Edaoii,  Sally, 
Edson,  TheodoriLs, 
Edson,  Thomas, 
Ed.soii,  William  J., 
Eldridgc,  Lucy  J. , 
Ells,  Sally, 
Ely,  Charles  P. , 
F^ly,  Gcorgc!  M., 
Ely,  Henry  O., 
Ely,  Tiouisa  G., 
Ely,  Marietta  P., 
Ely,  William, 
Emery,  Jane  Pomeroy, 
Everitt,  Susauua, 

Fairchild,  Alhcrl. 
Fairchild,  Jlarmaii, 
Fairehild,  Iliiiiry, 
Fairchild,  .lolm, 
Fairchild,  .lidia, 
Fairchild,  Marsh, 
Fanchcr,  Sarah, 
Fancher,  Mary, 
Farmar,  Ann, 
Fay,  Charles  ,1 . , 
Fay,  Elizabeth, 
Fay,  Estelle  L., 
Fay,  Gilbert  O., 
Fay,  Louie  J. , 
Fay,  Louis  P., 
Fitz  Gerald,  Anna  G., 
Fitz  Gerald,  Duncan, 
Fitz  Gerald,  Elizabeth  J., 
Fitz  Gerald,  Frederick, 


No. 

v.m 

IHKI 
»70 
l)(ir» 
0«7 

\)m 

»74 

vm 
\rM 

1541 

irdw 
1  ■);!;! 
\rm 
irAO 
\r,:\2 

um 

170 
1230 
133!) 
133(i 
1337 
1338 
1335 

743 
1870 

1450 

144(5 

1448 

1447 

1451 

1449 

1!)5 

1377 

8(i 

1739 

1738 

1483 

1737 

14;J1 

1430 

779 

876 

77(5 

775 


Name. 

No. 

Fitz  Gerald.  Frederick, 

780 

Fitz  (ierahl,  Harvey, 

877 

Fitz  (Jerald.  John, 

778 

FitziJerald.  Mary  C, 

777 

Fitz  (ierahl,  William  11.. 

875 

Flagg,  Frances  M., 

3340 

Forbes,  Susan, 

1064 

Forward,  llaiuiah 

2876 

Fo.ster,  Charley, 

608 

Foster,  Charley, 

1379 

Foster,  CJeorjif, 

656 

Ko,sler,  (},  M., 

654 

Foster,  Henry, 

650 

Foster,  Mary  J., 

657 

Foster,  Mary  L., 

1878 

Foster,  Sarali  C. , 

655 

Fowler,  Hannah, 

1976 

Fo\vl(!r,  Mary, 

1979 

Fra.ser.  A  ugust  a. 

901 

Eraser,  (JliarlesT., 

903 

Fraser,  Frederick, 

905 

Fniser,  James, 

000 

Fraser,  ]\Iaria, 

904 

Fraser,  William  B., 

903 

Freeman,  Alice  M., 

888 

Freeman,  Arthur  H., 

883 

Freeman,  Charles  E., 

884 

Freeman,  Christabelle, 

887 

Freeman,  Clarence, 

880 

Freeman,  Frank, 

886 

Freeman,  George, 

1389 

Freeman,  (}(!org(!  O., 

879 

Freeman,  Ida  Maria, 

881 

P^rceman,  Lottie  M., 

1390 

Freeman,  Manfred, 

886 

Freeman,  Samuel  B., 

878 

Fri.sbie,  Tempe, 

529 

Fruthy,  Laura, 

3287 

Fuller,  Amelia, 

1598 

George,  Thomas  li. , 

1733 

Gibson,  Nancy  D.  M., 

1305 

Gilbert,  Kobert  J., 

1344 

Gilbert,  Sarah  H., 

1343 

Gilbert,  William  J., 

1343 

Gilbert,  William  J., 

1345 

Gildersleeve,  Statira, 

1010 

Gllkinsou,  Agnes, 

918 

DKSCKNOANTH,    KT(".,     HKAHINO    dTIIKl!    SIKNAMKS, 


:\-M) 


mi 

887 
880 
885 
i:{8!» 
87!) 
881 
|:iS>0 
88« 
878 
52}) 
!3H7 

i5i);5 

i7;i;j 
i;i05 
i:]44 

134S 
1843 

i;vi5 

1010 
918 


Niiinc. 

No. 

Oilkiiisori,  AlcxandtT  0., 

1)10 

(filkiiiHoii,  An-liil)al(l, 

1)0(1 

QilkiiiHon,  AiijfUNtuN  I.  <>., 

1)15 

Oilkinson,  ('.  U.  (}.. 

913 

nilkiiiHon,  Kllcii  ]>., 

1)17 

GilkiiiHou,  George  ()., 

i)ia 

Gilkiiisoii,  Grant, 

1)07 

(Jilkiiison,  Isalicllii  («., 

1)08 

(lilkinson,  .Tiispcr  G., 

1)11 

Gilkin.soii,  Jfisptr  'P., 

1)14 

<}ilkiiis()ii,  Marv  .1., 

))!(( 

(iilkiiiHon,  Tlioiims.i;.  H.  C. 

000 

Gillcl,  i.ouisu. 

1585 

(Jillics,  Fanny. 

1107 

•Gillies,  iM.. 

1100 

Gilliim,  Manila. 

1017 

Glover,  Amelia, 

210 

Gould.  Sarali, 

50!) 

(TOiiinan,  Marietta  \j.. 

1!W5 

(Jraliani,  Marv  Ann, 

))!«) 

Grant,  Mar;,  \V., 

];i(i4 

Gray,  Kli/.abetli. 

414 

Gray,  Elosia. 

7i:J 

Greer,  Nancy. 

5:54 

<}rin(ile,  Lucy, 

2385 

Qriswold,  Abiuail, 

1542 

Gross,  Lydia  K., 

1058 

llaldenian,  Sanielda  P., 

1425 

Hall,  Arlluir  C, 

684 

Hall,  Christina, 

(582 

Hall,  Edward  F., 

679 

Hall,  Edward  S., 

(578 

Hall,  Eli/.ai)elh  J., 

781 

Hall,  Frank  de  Peysler, 

681 

Hall,  Mary, 

68;$ 

Hall,  lieheeea. 

2148 

Hall,  Theodore  M., 

680 

Hamilton,  A^nes  H. , 

864 

Hamilton,  Alexander, 

461 

Hamilton,  Augusta  C, 

4:55 

Hamilton,  Augusta  H., 

48;J 

Hamilton,  Auiiusta  M., 

87« 

Hamilton,  Augusta  Owen  H., 

472 

Hamilton,  Caroline, 

958 

Hamilton,  Caroline  M, 

470 

Hamilton,  Caroline  M., 

870 

Hamilton,  Catharine, 

434 

Nninu.  No. 

Hauulton,  Catharine  H.,  421) 

Hamilton,  Catharine  li.,  86:t 

Hamilton,  Catharine  M.,  462 

Hamilton,  Charles  ('..  H7H 

Hamilton,  Cyrus  J.,  9rt9 

Hanulton,  Elizabeth,  466 

Hamilton,  Kmma  H.,  471 

Hamilton,  Kthel  Maud,  1470 

Hamilton,  Eva  May.  1471 

Hamilton.  (Jeorge,  437 

Hamilton,  (Jeorge,  4J52 

Handlton,  (Jeorge,  1175 

H:imillon,  George  E.,  868 

Hamilton,  George  W.,  1176 

H.imilton,  (hace.  1)63 

Hamilton,  Grace.  963 

Hamilton,  Hannah  H.,  463 

Hamilton,  llehn,  467 

Hamilton,  .TaiH!  C.,  872 

Hac'ilton,  .lesse  Augusta,  464 

Hamilton,  Jessie,  80(! 

Hamilton,  John  H.,  871 
Hamilton,  Joseph  .\lexander,       468 

Hamilton.  Julia.  1178 

Hamilton,  Maria  J.,  869 

Hamilton,  Maria  Laviina,  431 

Handlton,  Mary,  874 

Hamilton,  Mary  Jane,  465 

Handlton,  Minetta,  904 

Hamilton,  Robert  C.,  1177 

Handlton,  Robert  C,  1180 

Hamilton,  Robert  H.,  805 

Hamilton,  Robert  Jarvis,  428 

Hamilton,  Samuel  Askin.  430 

Hanulton.  Thomas  C,  !)(!(» 

Hamilton.  William,  802 

H.unilton,  William  .larvis,  469 

llanna,  KllaH.,  1723 

Hansard,  Arthur  C.,  1384 

Hansard,  Hugh  11..  1387 

Hansard,  John  St.  L.,  1386 

Hansard,  Richard  M.,  1385 

Harding,  Frances  fi.,  I(i65 

Harding,  Jonathan,  1168 

Harding,  Leonard,  I(!(i4 

Harding,  Lucy  1).,  844 

Harmon,  Jeanette,  54!) 

Harmon,  .hidsou,  548 


I 


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340 


INDKX. — PAHT    II. 


I       I 


n 


t  i 


^--Bt 


Niinio. 

No. 

lltiniion,  .lulictto. 

049 

Iliirnioii,  Mar^nirctta, 

B4« 

HarriHoii,  A^'iics  K.  11., 

i:{r)8 

IIiirriHon,  Frank  MrOlicc, 

i:ui(> 

IlarriHoii,  IIitIktI  (}., 

i:tr.7 

HarriHoii,  l.cdiiard  .1., 

i:<r)i) 

HurriHon,  Marion  .1., 

12B9 

IlarriNon,  Murray, 

liWfl 

Ilttrrison,  William, 

Hart,  Eli/.abfth  Miller, 

ji 

Hart,  Sarah  McCurdy, 

:Wi 

Harvoy,  Mary  Ann, 

IHW 

Hatch,  Amelia, 

1520 

Hatcli,  Ira. 

ir.27 

Hatch,  .John, 

1524 

Hatch,  Malatiah, 

152:{ 

Hatch,  Malcnda, 

l.^);io 

Hatch,  Matilda, 

15: 11 

Hatch,  Polly, 

1525 

Hatch,  Solomon, 

152(i 

Hatch,  William, 

152H 

Huyard,  Ku^cnc  .1., 

14 1« 

Hayard.  Willi.im  H., 

1417 

Ha/en,  Arthur  V.. 

■•<70 

Haxen,  Cecilia  K., 

'2 

Hazen,  Eli/al)cth, 

\ 

Ha/eu,  Ethel, 

i.»»j) 

Hazen,  Harriett  S,, 

1375 

Hazen,  Joanna, 

832 

Hazen,  Lilian, 

IHfiS 

Hazen,  Margaret  Ann, 

831 

Hazen,  Maria  A., 

13(17 

Hazen,  Robert, 

401 

Hazen,  Itobert  Eraser, 

402 

Hazeu,  Robert  M., 

827 

Hazcu,  liobert  M.  R. , 

1305 

Hazen,  Robert  P., 

1374 

Hazen,  Sophia  F., 

1366 

Hazen,  Susan, 

82tt 

Hazen,  William, 

828 

Hazen,  William, 

1371 

Head,  Ann, 

2085 

Hewlett,  Susannah, 

1876 

Hiles,  Anna, 

<(68 

Hill,  Christina  Jane, 

851 

Hilson,  Eliza  Jane, 

1688 

Hilson,  Robert, 

1687 

Hitchcock,  Solomon, 

236 

Name. 

No. 

Hobart,  Cordelia, 

1019 

Hodp-H,  Lydia  L. , 

8808 

Horlon,  Endly  A., 

1890 

HosuKtr,  Milicent, 

8886 

Houston,  Marjraret, 

901 

Huvcnden,  Kli/.a, 

1106 

Hovey,  (!aroline  11., 

8247 

Hovey,  Sarah  E., 

8888 

Howard,  A.  Trumbull, 

8800 

Howard,  (Veil  H., 

8801 

Howard,  Charles  T., 

8800 

Howard,  Kdith  K., 

3808 

Howard,  Edward  K. , 

8807 

Howard,  Mary  C., 

8808 

Howard,  Mau<l  J., 

8806 

Howard,  Hose  J., 

8304 

Hoyt,  Betsey  A., 

1060 

Ilidtbanl,  Phebe, 

8367 

llubbell,  Sally  M.. 

684 

HuKhcy,  Laura  F 

1488 

Huiii^erlord,  Arthur, 

1465 

Hunii:erford,  Edwin, 

1464 

Hun^i-erford,  Martin  L., 

1468 

Hun,u;(!rford,  Robert, 

1468 

Hunt,  Clyde  Du  V., 

8886 

Hunt,  Jarvis, 

8886 

Hunt,  lioavitt. 

8224 

Hunt,  Leavitt  B., 

8889 

Hiuit,  Maud  1)., 

8827 

Hunt,  Morris  B., 

8880 

Hunt.  Nina, 

8888 

Htirlbut,  Charh)tte  J., 

978 

Htirlbut,  Leon  B,, 

971 

Hurlbut,  Sylvia  E., 

972 

Hyde,  Nancy. 

8344 

Ireland,  Sarah, 

1760 

Irving,  Diana, 

987 

Isbell,  Betsey  .lane, 

1598 

Isbell,  Cecilia  Abi<iail, 

1601 

Isbell,  Felic'ia  M.. 

1608 

Isbell.  George  T., 

1604 

Isbdl,  Horaces., 

1599 

Isbell,  Nathan. 

1597 

Isbell,  Oliver  C, 

1600 

Isbell,  Sophroiua  E,, 

1602 

Jackson,  Ann  Eliza, 

1058 

Jackson,  Charles, 

1059 

DKSCKNKANTH,     KTC,    RKAIUNO    OTMKU    NUUNAMKH. 


341 


1760 
927 
1598 
1601 
l()0:i 
1604 
ir)99 
ir)97 
1600 
1602 

1058 
1059 


Nnmo. 
Jiu'kMon,  Florence, 
.Iiicksoii,  FranecH, 
.luekHOii,  Helen, 
il.ickwdM,  Jane  .Inrvis, 
.Ttickson,  .loliii  ('iilvin, 
Jaeksnn,  Johu  Ciilvin, 
.Tiiekson,  Julia, 
JacJxHoii,  ,Miin  l-andon, 
JackHon,  Nelnon, 
Jaeksoii,  Mayniond, 
.lenkiiis,  Maria  I*., 
Jeiuihiirs,  (Harissa. 
Jones,  Manili  J.  K., 
Jones,  William  W., 
Jordan,  Carolina  M., 
Joy,  Nancy  A., 

Kello<ffr_  Ann, 
Kello^Tf;-,  Caroline, 
Kin^,  Eu^reina  I!., 
King,  Engenia  S. , 
King,  Eva  B. , 
King.  Theodore  C, 
Kinney,  ('liarles, 
Kinney,  William  II., 
Knnpp,  Abigail  J., 
Kiiapp,  Alice  M., 
Ki,  ipj),  Amelia, 
Knapp,  (Comfort  Starr, 
Knapp.  Delia  Anne, 
Knapp.  Knnna, 
Knapp,  Evilina, 
Kna})p,  Fanny, 
Knapp,  Franci.s, 
Knapp,  Franci.s, 
Knapp,  George  F. , 
Knapp,  Harriet  Lowndes. 
Knapi>,  Marganit  Augusta. 
Knap)).  Mary. 
Knapp,  Rebe(!ca, 
Knapp,  Heuben, 
Knapp,  William  Jarvis, 
Knapp.  William  Starr. 

Larned,  Sarah  E. , 
Leonard,  Caroline, 
Leonard,  Pjllen, 
Lewis,  Charlotte, 


No. 

Nniiic. 

No 

10«7 

Lewis,  J.  M.  M.. 

tlN6 

1056 

Lewis.  John  (}.  S,, 

1187 

105:< 

liowis,  Lucy, 

(p.)  19 

1459 

fioekc,  Hep/il)ah. 

3350 

1053 

liong,  Martha  IL, 

IT03 

1055 

L»ike,  Henrietta  L.. 

1170 

1054 

Lyon,  Ann  Fiouisa, 

.  650 

1458 

1456 

Maelear,  Annie  S. , 

1140 

1457 

Marshall,  I'hilamela, 

485 

737 

Marvin,  David  .M  , 

1316 

3411 

Marvin,  Elizabeth, 

lilO 

1374 

Marvin,  John  F. , 

1314 

1307 

Marvin,  Julia  J., 

1312 

3358 

Marvin,  Mary  I*., 

1311 

3350 

Marvin,  Nelson  J., 

1315 

Marvin,  Walter  T., 

1310 

77 

Marvin.  Walter  T.. 

1317 

i;}02 

Marvin,  William  J.  K,, 

1313 

997 

Maule,  Arthur  Dillon, 

574 

990 

Maule,  Caroline. 

S69 

998 

Mauh-,  Charlotte, 

578 

995 

Maule,  Edith  H.. 

1171 

io;{7 

Maule,  Klizabeth, 

568 

10M6 

Maule,  Elizabeth, 

S64 

345 

Maule.  Ellen. 

570 

008 

Maule,  Frances  Amelia, 

567 

342 

Maule.  Fr.  J.  F.. 

1174 

240 

Maule,  (leoi'ge. 

566 

004 

Maule,  CJeorge  Fr»'derick, 

571 

341 

Maule,  Henry  Hudgen, 

577 

344 

Maule,  Isabella, 

673 

3H9 

Maule,  John. 

563 

2;i7 

Maule,  Lilian  B., 

1172 

023 

Maule,  Mary  C'. , 

575 

246 

Maule.  Percy  S., 

1173 

247 

Maule.  Itobert, 

576 

060 

Maule,  William, 

565 

001 

Maunoir.  ('hristine  E., 

673 

243 

Maunoir,  Leon  D.  A., 

671 

600 

Miiunoir.  Louise  A.  W., 

673 

238 

Maunoir,  Theodore, 

670 

024 

Mc Alpine,  Amelia  A., 

•     687 

McAlpine,  Anna  (}., 

1292 

1285 

Me  Alpine,  Catharine  L., 

1291 

387 

McAlpine,  ('liarles  Le(4rand, 

692 

790 

MciVlpine,  Charles  ()., 

689 

1464 

McAlpine,  Elizabeth  O,, 

688 

342 


INDKX. PART    1'. 


•J 


■I  ri 


i  .  -1 


B  ' 


(^ 


Nftine. 
McAliiine.  Eliziiliclli  .1., 
McAlpinc,  Kli/.iiliftli  M., 
McAlpiiK^  (iciirt^'c, 
MfAIpinc,  George, 
McAlpiiic,  .loliii  IT., 
McAlpinc,  Julia  J.. 
McAlpiuc,  Miuy  A., 
McAlpinc,  Sarah  J., 
McAlpinc,  William  I).  McG.. 
McAlpinc,  William  J., 
McConnick,  (Hiarlcs. 
McGonnick,  Cluulcs  William 
MciConnick,  Emma  A., 
McCormick,  EslliRr  M., 
McC'ormick,  (Jcorgc, 
McCormick,  (TCoru,i!  Dichl, 
McCormick,  Ilannali, 
McCormick,  Harriet  F.  F^., 
M(!Cormick,  Janctte  A,, 
McCormick,  Jasper, 
M(;Cormick,  Marsvarct  A., 
McCormick,  Mary  PI, 
McCormi<!k,  Mary  S., 
Mc(^)rmlck,  Napier, 
McCormick,  Paul  J., 
McCormick,  Samiiei  Peters, 
McCormick,  Thomas, 
Mc(^)rmick,    'honnis. 
McCormick,  Thomas  I)., 
McCormick,  T.  Friinces, 
McCormick,  William, 
McC'ormick,  William, 
McCormick,  William  .1., 
McChee,  Annie, 
McGiiee,  A,i>nes, 
McGliee,  Annie  E.  L., 
McGliec,  Caroline, 
McGhee,  [iConanl, 

McGl ,  Malcolm, 

McGhee,  Mary, 
Mc(}hec,  Mnrray, 
McGhee,  Thomas, 
Mc(.ihee,  William, 
Mc(}rc,n()r,  James  L., 
McCJreji'or,  John  Alpine, 
McGreii'or,  INIary  S. . 
Mclntyre,  Annie, 
McKean,  Anna  B., 


No. 

Niimc. 

No. 

1386 

McKean,  Franklin  B., 

1340 

«{)() 

McKean,  ITcnry  J., 

1343 

(IIH 

McKean,  Josejth  B., 

13:50 

()!t:i 

McKetui,  Katharine, 

134:^ 

685 

IMcKean.  Marietta  li., 

1344 

1388 

McKnight,  Harry, 

1281 

1287 

McKnight,  Uoltert, 

1280 

t3i)(> 

IVIcKnight,  Walter  M., 

1282 

138!) 

Mc]j(Nin,  Annie  L., 

1338 

(186 

McLean,  Charles  J., 

1337 

!»3;{ 

McLean,  Frederick  V., 

i:541 

4:58 

McLean,  John  A., 

755 

8!)6 

McfiCii.:,  John  S., 

18:^6 

8s)8 

McLeiin,  John  Wilson, 

756 

930 

McLean,  fjangdon  H., 

i8;;o 

445 

McLean,  Lill'e  H., 

i:54(; 

440 

Mclican,  Maiy, 

721 

8i)S) 

McLellan,  Margaret  F., 

i;^94 

8i)5 

McMiirdoe,  Aston  E., 

1405 

025 

McMurdoc,  A.  Keith, 

1407 

4:50 

McMnrdoe,  V., 

1404 

441 

MciArnrdoe,  Kathleen, 

1400 

1895 

Mead,  Elizaheth, 

1130 

030 

Meredith,  Alice  L., 

1191 

1:596 

Meredith,  Clarenci'  G.. 

1104 

444 

Meredith,  (\)ll)orne  P., 

1197 

4:56 

Meredith,  Ednnind  A,, 

1189 

033 

Meredith,  Ednnmd  A., 

1108 

487 

Meredith.  Ethel  C, 

1195 

443 

Meredith,  Harriet  M., 

1193 

443 

Meredith,  Mary  E., 

1100 

034 

Meredith,  .Morna  1., 

1196 

807 

Merr'gold,  Susan, 

550 

i;m6 

Mesbuin.  Charles, 

i:i53 

807 

Mesham,  Charles  E., 

1:558 

800 

Mesham,  Margaret  B., 

1:554 

812 

Miller,  Harrison, 

665 

814 

Miller.  Tfenry  H., 

667 

818 

Miller,  Samuel  .1., 

(166 

811 

Milliken.  Ennline  P., 

3272 

808 

Milliken,  Sarah, 

2160 

806 

Millspaugh,  Frances  E., 

1368 

810 

Millspaugh,  Frederick  W., 

1365 

1309 

Mills|^lugh,  Pethuel. 

1363 

1:501 

Millspaugh,  Silas  C, 

1364 

1:500 

JLllspaugh,  William  W., 

1366 

1188 

Morgiui.  EuiMce  B., 

(p.)iir 

^341 

Morris,  Content, 

1641 

DKSrKNDANTS,     KTr.,     MKAIUNO    OTHKK    H.HXAMKS. 


Name. 
Mott,  Botsoy, 
Moiintiiin.  Aiiiic  M., 
Mil  111  Con  I,  .Til  11,.  15.  (M,..s. 

Naiitou,  Au^'ii.stus, 
Niintoii,  Augustus  AI., 
Niuiloii,  Edward, 
Nun  ton,  I  [any  W., 
Naiitoii,  ircrhcrt  ('., 
NiiiKou,  John  (}., 
fianton,  Lilian  (.'., 
Nan  ton,  Mary  K., 
Nash,  Mary," 
Nasli,  Sarah, 
N caving,  Coylii„hi. 
Ncilson,  Marion, 
Northrop.  Mary  E., 

Odoll,  Isabella, 
Odell,  Sophia, 
Ord,  Arthur  H., 
<^i-<l.  Oraveii  !{., 
Old,  Edmund  T., 
Ord,  Plorcnco  A.' 
Old,  Lewis  U., 
Old,  Lewis  W., 
Old,  Louisa, 
Old,  Violet  L, 
Old,  William  n., 
O'Kcilly.  JOmma,' 
Osborn,  Aurelia, 
Osbon,,  Caroline  K., 
OMb.irn,  Charles, 
Osliorn,  Charles  p., 
Osborn,  Ciiireiiee  F., 
Osborn,  Eliza  Ann, 
Osborn,  lOli/abeth, 
Osborn,  Plnathan, 
Osboru,  Fran(>es  M., 
Osborn,  Proderiek,  ' 
Osborn,  George, 
Osborn,  George  L., 
Osborn,  George  Oglevle, 
Osborn,  Jlenry, 
Osliorn,  Ilosnier  H., 
Osborn,  Jaeob, 
Osborn,  Julia  Ann, 
Osborn,  Julia  Esther, 


N'«>.    j      Niiiii.'. 
1055  I  Osborn,  Lewis, 
58!)  ;  Osborn,  Lewis, 
(!>.)  11)5  I  Osborn,  Liieinda, 
I  Osborn,  Maria, 
111*8  j  Osborn,  Maria  F., 
1303    Osborn,  Afary  E.,' 
1205  I  Os])orn.  Prosper  H., 
Osborn,  Ste|)hen  W.. 
Osborn,  William, 
Osborn,  William  J., 
Osborn.  William  J. [ 
Osborn,  William  Wright, 
Otis,  Mary  Pilsbufy,  " 
Overbangh.  Mary, 


Palmer,  AdaM., 
Palmer,  Ch.irles, 
I'alnier,  diaries  Wm., 
J'a  liner,  Ethel  M. , 
I'almer,  Helen  A.. 
Palmer,  Louise  C., 
Palmer,  Mary  Anna, 
Palmer,  Robert  E., 
Parker,  iMargaret 
Parker,  Mary, 
Paikman,  Itebeeea, 
Parsons,  Julia, 
j  Patridge,  Mary  A., 
j  Peabody,  Elizabeth, 
j  Pfarc,  Nalhalia, 
I  Peek,  Albert  \V., 
I  Peck,  Charles  A.', 
P<'ck,  Cornelia  P., 
Peck,  Elizabeth  .1., 
Peck.  Elizabeth  J., 
Peck,  Jabciz  U., 
Peck,  Mary, 
Peek,  Nelson  A.. 
Peck,  Nelson  J., 
Peck.  Xelsoii  J., 
Perkins.  Phebe, 
Per  Lee,  Elsie, 
Peters,  Albert  Jarv.s, 
P'-'ters,  Hannah  Owen, 
Peters,  Harriet  Emma' A., 
Peters.  Harriet  Augusta, 
P<'»«'rs,  Hugh  Albert, 
Peters,  John  IJ., 


No. 
365 
706 
1555 
267 
698 
708 
1558 
7();{ 
268 
704 
705 
1560 
2117 
1071 

855 
853 
860 
857 
858 
856 
854 
861) 
216;{ 
2164 
1!»85 
616 
!)!)!) 
2018 
1981 
761 
758 
764 
762 
1 ;!;{() 
757 
621 
75!) 
760 
76;i 
22:il 
10-11 
424 
M8 
419 
425 
426 
417 


11 


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344 

[XOKX.— 

-PAI{T    II. 

• 

H 

Name. 

No. 

Name. 

No. 

^H 

PcUm-s,  Mary, 

621 

Quackenbush.  AVilliam  N., 

1079 

■H 

1                                  Peters,  Miiry  ElizahcMi, 

418 

JPI 

'                                 IVters,  Miiry  Elizabeth, 

421 

Racy,  Anne, 

456 

r 

f  1 

J^'ters,  Raeliel, 

1221 

Hanney,  Margaret, 

1206 

'  1 

Pelers,  Sally  llaunah, 

422 

Hamiy,  Percey. 

273 

f 

1 

Peters,  Sainiul  Jarvls, 

420 

UatelilTe,  Martha  M., 

1138 

\ 

Peters,  William  Birdsy, 

42;{ 

Raymond,  (-atharine,  ' 

56 

]-■ 

Pierce,  Siisauiiali, 

2()(5i) 

Raymond,  Helen  M., 

1029 

'       ■  ■ 

Pinekney,  Echvard  A., 

<r)4 

Raymond,  Mary, 

715 

;    1 

Pinckney,  Elizabeth  T., 

1334 

Rea<l,  Mary, 

894 

1 

i         '; 

Pinekney,  Family, 

753 

Reeder,  Maria. 

2179 

jm^j^ 

I'iiH'kney,  Emily  A., 

745 

Remp.  Phcbe, 

1811 

'"^H 

i                                  Pinekney,  Frances  II., 

745) 

Reynolds,  Abby  A.. 

614 

^^^1 

I'inckney,  Henry  W., 

1332 

Reynolds,  Harriet  P.. 

615 

^^H 

Pinekney,  Ilobart, 

750 

ReyiM)lds,  Jane  Eliza, 

613 

mm 

Pinckney,  James  W., 

744 

Reynolds,  J.  P., 

612 

\ 

Pinckney,  James  W., 

751 

Reynolds,  Sarah  J., 

1270 

f  .  ; 

Pinckney,  Jennie  A., 

752 

Rice.  Ij\icretia  Everett, 

2195 

IMnekney,  Jennie  E., 

1331 

Richards,  Anna  B. , 

2220 

r  ■  ^ 

Pinckney,  Lillian  M., 

1333 

Ri<-hards.  Bartlett. 

2223 

Pinckney,  Louisa  J., 

746 

Richards.  I)e  Forest. 

2219 

'  j  ■ 

Pinckney.  ilicajah, 

748 

Richards,  Jarvis, 

2221 

* 

Pinckney,  Sanmel  J., 

747 

Richards,  J.  Ue  Forest. 

2217 

Place,  Eliza. 

1893 

Richards,  Sarah  M.. 

2222 

] 
j 

f     ;    I 

Plait.  Lucy. 

506 

Richards,  William  J.,    " 

2218 

Phitt,  Rebecca, 

2389 

Richardson,  Augusta, 

1284 

Powell,  Mary  Boyles, 

446 

Richardson,  Ezra, 

1283 

Powell.  Mary  Boyles. 

593 

Rider,  Charles. 

235 

,  1 

I'ratt.  Sarah  B., 

1322 

Rider,  (}eorge. 

232 

Prescott,  Caroline  M. , 

1345 

Rider,  Hannah. 

234 

'■ 

Preston,  Abigail. 

1699 

Rider.  .lolin. 

226 

> 

Prissiek,  Charles  I)., 

1379 

Rider,  John, 

227 

Prissick.  Frances  H., 

1380 

Rider,  Mary  (Polly), 

228 

Pri.ssick,  Marunret  J., 

1381 

Ride,-.  Hachv'l. 

230 

Prissick.  UoI»ert  M., 

1383 

Rider,  Ralph. 

231 

i 

Prissick,  Thomas  B., 

1378 

Rider,  Stephen. 

229 

Prissick,  Thomas  II., 

1382 

Rider.  William  Harvey, 

233 

I'roudfoot,  Alexander, 

1098 

Ridgevvay,  Sarah, 

538 

Proudt'oot.  Alexander, 

1104 

Robe,  Emily, 

1039 

Proudfoot,  Amelia, 

1103 

Robe,  Harriet, 

1040 

Proudfoot,  Elizabeth. 

1102 

l{obe,  Lucian  P., 

H)38 

Proudfoot ,  Frederick, 

1100 

Robertson,  (Catharine, 

861 

Proudfoot,  Mary, 

1101 

Robison,  Mary  A., 

2177 

,     '' 

I'roudfoot.  Thomas, 

1105 

Robinson,  Joanna, 

826 

— ' 

Proudfoot,  William  S., 

1099 

Rodgers,  Mary  L., 

1730 

Rogers,  Bethsheba, 

380 

-      r 

Quuckeubush,  Jeanette, 

1078 

Rogers,  Deborah, 

361 

•■1         i' 

Quackenbush,  Tunis, 

1077 

Rogers,  Elizabeth, 

1H99 

DKSOKNDANTS, 

Name. 
Hogois,  Laviiiia, 
Roircrs.  Lucy  A., 
liijssell.  Miii-Hiiret  P., 
Rust,  Adeliue, 

Salter,  Elizabeth, 
Sanimis,  Annie, 
Sandford,  Betsey. 
SanfonI,  Abigai!, 
Sanfoni,  Marietta, 
Siiyles,  Julia  E., 
Sfurritt,  Edgar  Alonzo, 
Scarritt,  Eleota  E., 
Scarritt,  George  Hall, 
Searritt,  f4iistavus  A.', 
Searritl,  James  J., 
Scarritt^  Nancy  Aiirelia. 
Scarritt,  Nancy  Aurelia, 
Scarritt,  Richard, 
Scarritt,  Sarah  A., 
Scarritt,  Sarah  A., 
Schernierhorn,  .Ararearct, 
Scott,  Sarah, 
Scovel.  Mary  L., 
Scudder,  Alnieda  B., 
Sears,  Clara  M., 
Sears,  Edwin, 
Sears,  James  E., 
Sears,  .Mary  A. , 
Seaver,  Maria, 
Seymour,  Alvah, 
Seymour,  Carrie  Taber, 
Seymour,  Charles  J., 
Seymour,  Charlotte  F., 
Seymour,  Charlofi,.  J.,' 
Seymour,  Charlotte  J.,' 
Seymour,  (ieorge  L., 
Seymour,  Jemiie  W., 
Seymour,  John, 
Seymour,  Kate  R., 
Seymour,  .Afartha. 
Seymour,  Martha  B., 
Seymour.  .^lary  A., 
Seymour,  Mi\ry  Ami, 
Seymour,  Sanuiel  J.. 
Seymour,  Samuel  John,  Jr., 
Seymom-.  Sarah  E., 
Seymour.  William  P. 
44 


ETC.,     BKAKIXG    OTIIKH    Sl'K.NAMES.  345 


No. 

m 

765 

204 

2:m 


2012 

17^7 
290 
217 
000  I 
141!)  ■ 
1577  ' 
1572 
1576' 
1571  i 
1575  j 
156!) 
1570 
1568 
1573, 
.  15741 
1561  ' 
2056  I 
837 
1838  { 
1040  I 
1048  I 
1050 
1051 
1697 
482 
1005 
481  j 
483  j 
1000  I 
1002  ! 
1008 
1007 
479 
1003 
44 
1001 
999 
100! 
4S4' 
1006  1 
480  I 
1009  ! 


Nnnip. 
Seymour,  \Villiam  Woods, 
Shalinon,  Ida, 
Sherwood,  Antiie, 
Sherwood,  Julia, 
Slirievc,  MartJia, 
Skynner,  Caroline, 
Skyniier,  Eleanor  I., 
Skynner,  Emily  M., 
Skynner.  Francis  l!. 
Skynner,  Henry, 
Skymier.  Heiiry  J., 
Skynner,  William  J., 
Slawson.  Sally. 
Smitli,  Abigail, 
SmitJi,  Clarence  B., 
Smitli,  Cornelius  B., 
Smith.  Eli/ab<-th, 
Smith,  Ellen  J.,  ' 
Smith.  Everett  P.. 
Smith,  Harriet. 
Smith.  Jemima. 
Smith.  .Mabel  W., 
Smith,  Polly, 
Smith.  Sarah. 
Sparhawk,  M;u-v  P.. 
Sparliawk,  MarV  Pepperrell 
^  Spooner.  Kli/abeth  Sparhawk 
Sprattin.  Frances  S.  L.  (Lady) 
Starr.  Frederick  William.     '  ' 
Starr,  Maria  Gore, 
Starr.  Rachel. 
Stebbins.  Hannah, 
Steeve.  .Mouisa  T.. 
Stewart.  Alexander, 
Stewart.  Alexander  J., 
I  Stewart.  Alice  E.. 
j  Stewart,  Caroline  M.. 
•Stewart.  Charles  Edward, 
j  Stewart.  Frances  M.  A., 
j  Stewart.  Frederick, 
Stewai-t.  Fre<ierick  W., 
Stewart.  George  A., 
Stewart.  Grace  C,  ' 
Stewart.  .Afargaret  31. , 
Stewart,  3Iary  Long.  ' 
Stewart.  AViliiani  Thatcher. 
Stinson.  .Mary. 
Stone.  Isabella  L.. 


No. 

994 
1433 
2290 

578 
784 


1002 
1134 
1186 
1188 
1133 
1136 
1137 
167 
1486 
2317 
2314 
1957 
1013 
2316 
1303 
1745 
2315 
2408 
850 
2081 
2134 
2104 
180 
840 
841 
68 
183 
1708 
797 
798 
800 
805 
803 
1401 
804 
1402 
1400 
1403 
799 
802 
801 
1112 
I085i 


^^^mmmmmmmmmmum 


^ 


1    I 


INDKX. — PAKT    II. 


Name. 
Sunderland.  Mary. 
Swlt't,  Elizalietli. 
Swords.  Edward  Jcnncr. 
Swords,  Edward  Jenner, 
Swords,  William  Yorhcos. 
Swyninu'r.  Anni'tte. 

TiiLcr,  Alvah  S., 
Talu'r,  Amnion  C. 
Tuber,  Caroline  M., 
Tiiber.  Charles  J.. 
Taber,  Charlotte  L.. 
Taber,  Edward  M, , 
Taber,  Eugene  D, , 
Taber,  Helen  M,, 
Taber,  Mary  B., 
Taintor,  Elizabeth. 
Taylor.  Cyrel, 
T"ylor.  I)ai)liany, 
Taylor.  Frances  A.. 
Taylor,  Frances  A.. 
Taylor,  John  K, . 
Taylor,  Mowbray, 
Taylor.  Seaton  F., 
Tench,  Frederick. 
Teiu'h.  Frederica. 
Tench,  .Mary. 
Thompson,  Sarah  Ann. 
Thompson,  Elena  Anita  C., 
Todd,  Ambrose, 
Todd,  Ambrose  S., 
Todd,  Charles  J.,. 
Townsend,  Charles  J. . 
Townsend.  Elizabeth. 
Townsend,  Gill)ert, 
Townsend,  J.  Thomas, 
Townsend.  Samuel  H.. 
Trevet.  Elizabeth  (Jlrs.), 
Tyug.  Anita  E.. 
Tyng,  Charles. 
Tyng,  Charles. 
Tyng.  Charles  D., 
Tyng.  Dudley  A.. 
Tyng.  Dudley  A.. 


No. 
2020 
17T 
1480 
1481 
1482 
1370 

988 

!I84 

986 

987 

985 

091 

989 

992 

990 

2045 

1184 

1615 

732 

1182 

1181 

1185 

1183 

947 

949 

948 

978 

1472 

156 

157 

158 

955 

1857 

950 

953 

954 

2018 

1295 

1293 

1473 

1294 

1475 

1476 


Name. 
Uhl,  John  II.. 
I'hl,  Margaretta  C., 
Uhl,  Uu.ssel'  J.. 
Upham.  Frances. 

Vail,  Robert  H., 
Vail,  Robert  C. 
Verrill.  I,,ucy  A.. 
Voorheos,  Abrain. 
Voorhees,  Willard  P., 

Waddle.  Barbara. 
Walker.  Frances  S.. 
Warner.  Dudley  J., 
Wa  ner,  Elam. 
Warner.  Elam, 
Warner,  Frank  E.. 
Warner,  (Jeorge  Rolland, 
W^arner,  Harriet, 
Warner,  Orchard, 
Walerbury,  Charles  A., 
Walerbury,  Elizabeth  (4.. 
Waterliury.  Elizabeth  J., 
Walerbury,  Jonathan, 
Vraterbury,  Lucy  S., 
Waterbury.  ^laria  G.. 
Walerbury.  Nelson  Jarvis, 
Waterbury.  Nelson  J. , 
Waters,  Mary. 
Waters.  Penelope, 
Weed,  Alvah. 
Weed.  Frances  M.. 
Weed,  James  II.. 
Vreed.  James  Jarvis. 
Weed.  Robert. 
Weed,  William  Harvey. 
Wellman,  Annie  A., 
Wellnian,  Annie  H. , 
Wellman,  Betsey  Ann, 
Wellman,  Caroline, 
Wellman,  Charles  II.. 
Wellman,  Charles  II.. 
Wellman,  Edward  J.. 
Wellman,  Edwin  II., 
Wellman,  Frederick. 


No. 
2200 
2202 
2201 
1649 

1383 

1884 

2255 

546 

547 

921 

842 

786 

737 

730 

738 

740 

628 

735 

711 

712 

1307 

709 

1300 

1308 

710 

1309 

1997 

2372 

503 

505 

500 

501 

504 

503 

1257 

1247 

251 

250 

1248 

1256 

1250 

1260 

253 


Tyng.  (icorge. 

1297 

NVellman.  George  Frederick, 

635 

Tyng,  George. 

1474 

Wellman,  George  H., 

1246 

Tyng.  Julia  G.. 

1296 

Wellman.  Henry  Honu'r, 

(i:iH 

Tyng,  Julia  G.. 

1298 

Wellman.  Herbert  J., 

1201 

i 

1 

DESCKNDANTS.    ETC.,    BKAKIXG    OTi.KK    SI  li.NAMKS. 


Wc'liiioiX', 
VYetinoro, 
Wetmore. 


Nami'. 
Wcllniiin.  Homer  Henry. 
Wcllman.  Jcdcdiah,  Jr  , 
Wellmaii,  Julia  11, 
Wellnuin.  Maria  W.. 
WcIIiiian,  >rary  X.. 
Wcllman,  McrritI  H., 
^^^'llman,  Tiieodore  C, 
AVcllman,  Thomas  C. 
Wcllman,  AVilliam  Alfred, 
Wcllman.  William  Walson, 
West,  Ann, 
Wctmorc,  Tliarlos  F., 
Wctmorc,  Darwin  W.. 
Wetmore.  Elizal)etli  A., 
Elizabctli  J.. 
Emma  J.. 
(Jeor<j:e  Thompson. 
Wetmore.  (icorcic  W.. 
Wetmoi-c.  .Mary  F. . 
Wetmore,  Mary  J.. 
Wetmore,  Sylvia  E., 
Wetmore.  Truman  S>. . 
W\-tmore,  William  Jarvi.s. 
Wheeler.  Ann. 
A^'heeler,  Annie  L.. 
Wliecler,  JJcatrice. 
Wheeler,  David  E. , 
Wheeler,  David  E. 
Wheeler.  Ethel, 
Wheeler,  Everett  P., 
Wheeler,  (ieor<>-c, 
AVlieeler,  Ueoriiina  (■., 
Wheeler.  Mary  Iv, 
AVheeler.  >Fary  II.. 
Wheeler.  WiniCrcd  P., 
White.  Charily, 
White.  C'harle'^.Iav. 


No.    I      Xnnif. 
63!)  j  White.  Elizabeth. 
248]  While.  Harriet 
1255  j  White,  Jluldah. 
1252  I  White,  Jonatlian, 

Wliiie,  Marsiaret  Jarvi.s, 
White,  Mary, 
White,  Mary  Ann, 
White,  Prudence, 
White,  Susan  Jarvi.s, 

j  Wliitlock,  Sarah  Ann, 

I  Whitman,  Charity. 
Whitman,  Deboiali, 
Whitman.  Hannah, 
Whitney,  Sarah, 
AVick.s,  Elizabeth, 
Wicks.  I'lKvbe,. 
WiH>ur,  Emily. 
Wilbur,  Harriet  A.. 
Wiley.  Emma. 
WilliauLs.  Andnjw  J., 
Williams.  Catharine. 

William.s.  Daniel, 

Williams,  Euretla  M., 
Williams.  Mary  M.. 

Williams.  Nancv. 

Williams.  Silas  ]{.. 

Williams.  William, 

Winther,  Maiy  S, . 

Wood.  Adah  L.. 

Woodbury,  E.  D.. 

Woodbury,  Koger  A., 

AVoodbury.  Saiiford  J.. 

Woods.  Xancy. 

Wright,  Mary. 

Wright.  Mary  Jane. 

Vieldini.,  Allie, 


1258 

637 

1251 

1253 

6;i6 

24i) 
1835 
478 
475 
075 
980 
077 
!»70 
477 
981 
983 
474 
473 
476 
2383 
230!) 
2:!13 
2213 
2311 
2310 
2215 
795 
796 
2214 
2216 
2312 
1758 
544 


;U7 

No. 
310 
542 
385 
541 
545 
1515 
702 
005 
543 
344 
1862 
1801 
1743 
95 
2423 
1943 
1024 
1400 
2183 
1640 
2414 
1037 
1650 
1638 
1636 
1639 
1635 
741 
1067 
1327 
1328 
1329 
993 
1488 
867 

1301 


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Piige     2,  last  line.     F'/r  iiii,  read  une. 

"      35,4th     "       Fw  Sir  Patterson,  rf«^?  General  Pattison. 

"      45,  1st     "        For  Farmer,  read  Fiivmnr. 

"  59,  No.  395.  For  Gustavus  Ratchfonl,  7'ead  Gustavus  Rochfort; 
and  again,  on  same  imge,  3(1  line  from  bottom,  for  ('apt.  R,  H. 
M.  Racliford,  rmd  Capt.  R.  II.  M.  Rociifort. 

"      99,  Record  390.     For  7  cliildrcn,  read  8. 

"  118,  Sketch  of  Milton  Barlow  .liirvis,  .5th  line.  For  Canastoke,  read 
Cana.slota. 

"     151,  Record  1053.     For  i  chMren,  read  5. 

"  184,  Running  Title,  i'b?' Descendants  of  Thomas, /•««?  Descendants 
of  Jonatliaii. 

"  204,  Sicetch  of  Leonard  Jarvis,  Oth  line.  For  Asaph  Hone,  read 
Asaph  Stone. 

"  232,  14th,  25th,  and  31st  lines.  For  Rev.  Dr.  Buck,  read  Rev.  Dr. 
Breck. 


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